A suit brought by a Long Island attorney and his client asserting they were the victims of a “pay to prosecute scheme/conspiracy” has survived a pre-discovery motion to dismiss though a federal judge has considerably narrowed the claims on which the suit can proceed.
Attorney Robert Del Col of Smithtown and his client, Leftheris Doukas, claim they were arrested and indicted for grand larceny after a company with which they were feuding over patent rights gave campaign contributions to Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice in order to have her office press a criminal case against them.
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