NMC - U.S. settles with Wilson for $280k in suit over Ed Peters money

Recall that the first substantial public evidence that Ed Peters had “come in” and become to some degree a government witness was a forfeiture action filed between Christmas and New Years in 2008, in which the Government alleged that he had surrendered to them $425,000 that remained of his million dollar fee for helping Joey Langston and Tim Balducci get to Judge DeLaughter in the fee dispute between Roberts Wilson and Dickie Scruggs. After the suit was filed, Roberts Wilson jumped in, asserting that these ill-gotten gains should have been his, because they came from Scruggs and would have been money paid to Wilson if the Wilson v. Scruggs case had been resolved honestly.



Here’s the US v 425000 consent judgment

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2/18/10