Tentacles of a case involving a York County law firm’s alleged Ponzi scheme are still being extended, with a federal judge ruling last week that one defendant who is no longer part of the case made a valid assignment of third-party claims to plaintiffs under a tortfeasor release agreement.
The current civil action follows the criminal conviction of the sole shareholder in the firm Frankel & Associates, Mark David Frankel, in 2006. The same year, Brian Strayer, a client of the firm who was a victim of the scheme, filed claims against two attorneys from the law office, Douglas Bare and Darryl Cunningham.
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