So you finish your client’s case and you have the net settlement proceeds in your bank account. She asks you if you will give her several checks, each in an amount less than $10,000. You ask why and she gives you some jive story that doesn’t sound plausible, but who cares? It’s her money and why not break it up for her?
Well, one reason not to do it may be that doing so will expose you to prosecution for a federal crime punishable by five years at Club Fed. Think it can’t happen to you? Well, every year it happens to a few Connecticut lawyers. Here is how you just turned client accommodation into a federal rap.
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