At least two New Jersey law firms that were victimized by phony check scams have gone to court seeking to get the money back from the banks that handled the checks. Freedman & Gersten claims it wired $236,659 to a company in South Korea based on a check that turned out to be fake, while Levitan & Frieland has lodged similar allegations. Freedman is suing Bank of America, on whose assurances it says it relied when it deposited a client check in its attorney trust account and wired most of the money overseas.
November 04, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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At least two New Jersey law firms that were victimized by phony check scams have gone to court seeking to get the money back from the banks that handled the checks.
Freedman & Gersten in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., claims it wired $236,659 to a company in South Korea based on a check that turned out to be fake, while Levitan & Frieland of Florham Park, N.J., has lodged similar allegations.
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