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Ex-lawyer charged with stealing $1.3M from account

A former corporate lawyer at a major international law firm in Manhattan was arrested Tuesday on charges he stole $1.3 million from a client escrow account, law enforcement officials said.

Martin Weisberg, 57, who is already facing indictment for stock fraud, was freed on $500,000 bond by a Brooklyn federal magistrate judge after pleading not guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges....

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