Two lawyers are allegedly engaged in a civil racketeering enterprise that pays plaintiffs “finders fees” to file hundreds of disability discrimination suits for quick cash settlements, according to a new federal lawsuit.

The suit, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, accuses attorneys Craig Ehrlich, of Atlanta, and Douglas Schapiro, of Boca Raton, Florida, of filing fraudulent serial suits in a “money raking enterprise” that targets small businesses predominantly operated by minorities and immigrants, most of whom can’t afford to hire lawyers.

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