Lawyerly Lairs: A Harvard Law Fraudster’s $3.2 Million Mansion
From a big house to the big house....
From a big house to the big house....
A.W.W.C. has pleaded guilty.
A new proposal would let wealthy foreign nationals secure an opportunity for a U.S. green card with a $1 million 'gift' to the government, sparking legal and ethical debate.
His lawyer blames it all on "a pathological gambling addiction."
His family has quite the thing for Harvard Law: his father and three brothers are all HLS alums.
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