In what an assistant U.S. Attorney said signals the start of a second wave of arrests in the Mississippi fen-phen fraud affair, Gregory P. Warren of Lafayette, La., is cooperating with authorities and is expected to plead guilty to charges arising from his role in recruiting fen-phen clients for the law firm of Schwartz & Associates in Jackson, which has not been charged. According to the AUSA’s office, Warren recruited claimants who had never in fact taken the drug; he “also is accused of failing to report on his tax return nearly $200,000 he was paid by attorneys in 2000 for recruiting Fen-Phen plaintiffs.” (Jimmie E. Gates, “More guilty pleas in Fen-Phen case”, Jackson Clarion-Ledger, May 4). For more on the scandal, see Feb. 12, Jan. 9, etc. (& letter to the editor, May 10).
Mississippi fen-phen: “second wave of arrests”
In what an assistant U.S. Attorney said signals the start of a second wave of arrests in the Mississippi fen-phen fraud affair, Gregory P. Warren of Lafayette, La., is cooperating with authorities and is expected to plead guilty to charges arising from his role in recruiting fen-phen clients for the law firm of Schwartz & […]
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