A Lehigh Valley lawyer has been indicted by federal authorities on charges that he allegedly duped clients into investing in fake business opportunities, lining his pockets with $2.7 million.

In a superseding indictment unsealed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Todd H. Lahr, 60, of Nazareth, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud, two counts of securities fraud, and four counts of wire fraud.