Lawyer, Justice Indicted in Alleged Bribe Scheme
From Times Wire Reports
A state Supreme Court justice and a prominent defense attorney were charged with fraud and bribery. Biloxi attorney Paul Minor is accused of funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars in loans and gifts to Justice Oliver Diaz Jr.; Diaz’s ex-wife; and former Harrison County judges Wes Teel and John Whitfield, in return for favorable treatment.
The 16-count federal indictment says the defendants schemed “to defraud and deprive the state of Mississippi and its citizens of their right” to an honest judicial system.
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