Hacking Charge Added to Alleged $30M Law Firm Theft Case Against La. Lawyer
A case concerning a New Orleans attorney that reads like a John Grisham legal thriller just got a bit more complex.
Already under indictment on numerous counts related to the $30 million he allegedly stole from his former law firm (nearly $20 million allegedly was wired to a Swiss bank account in 2004), 46-year-old James Perdigao has now been charged with hacking into his former law firm’s computer system within the past week, reports the Associated Press.
Arrested last night, he “is said to have accessed the computers of Adams and Reese on multiple occasions from Oct. 11 until Oct. 14,” the news agency writes.
The AP was apparently unable to reach Perdigao or his lawyer for comment. As a previous ABAJournal.com post discusses, however, Perdigao has filed a RICO suit against the firm. The firm has contended that the allegations in the lawsuit are fictional.
“In that suit, Perdigao claims that Adams and Reese was engaged in a variety of unsavory practices. When he objected, the suit claims, partners told the feds that he had stolen millions of dollars from the firm,” notes a New Orleans Times-Picayune article about the latest charge against Perdigao.
