PHILADELPHIA – Gene Goldenziel had a $400,000 check in his office that he just couldn’t bring himself to deposit. Nearly 10 months later, he’s glad he didn’t.

Goldenziel was almost the victim of an elaborate collections scam that, according to a grand jury’s superseding indictment issued in U.S. Middle District Court on Nov. 3, bilked more than 80 law firms in the United States and Canada out of more than $32 million and attempted to cheat an additional 300 law firms out of more than $100 million.

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