NEW YORK (AP) — 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.
The charges remained under seal Thursday, defense attorney David Patton told The Associated Press, adding Macey is expected to appear in federal court Friday. The precise charges against Macey were not immediately known.
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