By STEFANIE COHEN
May 28, 2008
A lawyer already under indictment was hit with new charges yesterday - skimming over a million dollars in interest off a corporate client's account.
Martin Weisberg, 57, pleaded not guilty yesterday to wire fraud and money laundering in Brooklyn federal court.
Feds allege that in 2006, Weisberg opened a $30 million escrow account for a client.
The lawyer claimed the account did not pay interest, but secretly siphoned off $1.3 million it earned, the feds charge.
Weisberg was charged last year in a securities-fraud scheme for allegedly taking kickbacks from two Israeli businessmen in return for discounted stock in a company he represented.
