Attorneys Accused of Paying Plaintiffs Finder Fees in Alleged Racketeering Enterprise
The two attorneys are accused of filing 585 fraudulent lawsuits on behalf of eight plaintiffs alleging public accommodation violations under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
August 06, 2019 at 03:01 PM
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Two lawyers are allegedly engaged in a civil racketeering enterprise that pays plaintiffs “finders fees” to file hundreds of disability discrimination suits for quick cash settlements, according to a new federal lawsuit.
The suit, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, accuses attorneys Craig Ehrlich, of Atlanta, and Douglas Schapiro, of Boca Raton, Florida, of filing fraudulent serial suits in a “money raking enterprise” that targets small businesses predominantly operated by minorities and immigrants, most of whom can’t afford to hire lawyers.
Atlanta attorney Hassan Elkhalil filed the racketeering lawsuit on behalf of Bhupendra Ghandi, the A&Y Family Group Inc. and PQV LLC.
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