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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joshua Goodman and Jim Mustian

Prominent Miami defense lawyer charged in DEA bribery scheme

DEA-Corruption - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Federal prosecutors have charged a prominent Miami defense attorney with orchestrating a bribery conspiracy involving two former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration supervisors who leaked confidential information about drug investigations.

Prosecutors have said that attorney David Macey lavished the agents with cash and gifts, including Yankees-Red Sox baseball tickets, in exchange for sensitive information about the timing of federal indictments and other leads that authorities said put cases and investigators at risk.

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