Man Pleads Guilty To $2.5M Law Firm Fraud Scheme

A Florida man has admitted to scamming law firms, saying in court documents that he funneled $2.5 million through 38 bank accounts last year. The plan involved pretending to be client who would send the law firm a phony cashier’s check, which the firm would use to cover funds it would wire, as instructed, on behalf of the supposed client. In the end the client and the money were gone. Muhammad Naji, who pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, could face up to 20 years in prison.