Two lawyers have filed a lawsuit against their former co-counsel in two class actions involving life insurance claims for victims of the Armenian genocide, alleging he fraudulently funneled settlement funds to sham charities.

In a suit filed on March 11, Mark Geragos and Brian Kabateck alleged Vartkes Yeghiayan and Rita Mahdessian, a married couple who work at Yeghiayan Law in Glendale, California, swindled $1 million from the plaintiffs.

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