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Six people have been charged with depositing stolen checks intended to pay court-appointed lawyers representing indigent defendants in federal cases in New York.
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have charged six people with allegedly engaging in a brazen fraud scheme to steal checks meant to reimburse public defenders.