Three defendants allegedly involved in illegal check-cashing operations cannot use the fact that their former attorney is an admitted felon to get out of paying civil judgments lodged against them, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled.

A two-judge Appellate Division panel ruled March 2 that the defendants—Columbia Expresso Travel, Roy’s Check Cashing and Georgina Hoyos, all of Perth Amboy, New Jersey—repeatedly ignored or failed to respond to complaints and court notices warning them of default.

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