Mikal Watts’ criminal defense lawyer said that federal prosecutors filed a sealed indictment against the San Antonio plaintiffs lawyer. The indictment will be unsealed later this month, said Robert McDuff of McDuff & Byrd in Jackson, Mississippi.
The prosecutors based the indictment on allegations that Watts knowingly stole the identities of people by claiming that he represented them in civil litigation against BP Exploration & Production in their claims related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, McDuff said.
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