Jack Abramoff

Abramoff's Partner Doesn't Want to Cough Up Ill-Gotten Millions

Susan Crabtree | March 16, 2011, 10:03AM

Michael Scanlon, Jack Abramoff's partner in crime, doesn't want to pony up the ill-gotten millions he owes to Abramoff's former lobbying firm, Greenberg Traurig, and he doesn't think he has to, his attorneys said Tuesday in a court filing.

Scanlon, who worked hand-in-glove with Abramoff, pleaded guilty to defrauding a group of Native American tribes out of tens of millions of dollars and last monthwas sentenced to 20 months in prison and ordered to pay Greenberg for its losses. Greenberg has settled a series of actual and threatened lawsuits from the tribes that Scanlon and Abramoff defrauded, and now the K Street giant is demanding that Scanlon make good on the court-ordered compensation payments and pay the firm more than $17 million.

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Topics: Greenberg Traurig, Jack Abramoff, Justice Department, K Street, Lobbyists, Michael Scanlon, Native Americans

Michael Scanlon

Scanlon Sentenced To 20 Months In Prison For Role In Abramoff Scandal

Susan Crabtree | February 11, 2011, 1:33PM

A U.S. District Judge sentenced Michael Scanlon, Jack Abramoff's partner in a wide-ranging lobbying sandal, to 20 months in federal prison and 300 hours of community service.

Scanlon also may have to cough up more than $20 million to compensate several Indian tribes, as well as Abramoff's former lobbying firm, for his role in defrauding them. Judge Ellen Huvelle ordered him to pay $20 million to the tribes and Greenberg Traurig, but Scanlon is disputing whether he should be forced to pay Greenberg Traurig, and that matter will be decided separately in the coming months.

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Topics: Greenberg Traurig, Jack Abramoff, Justice Department, K&L Gates, Michael Scanlon, Tom DeLay

Jack Abramoff

Scanlon Could Be Ordered To Pay $20 Million to Tribes and K Street Firm

Susan Crabtree | February 11, 2011, 9:39AM

A U.S. district court judge is poised to order Michael Scanlon, Jack Abramoff's partner in a wide-ranging lobbying sandal, to cough up more than $20 million to compensate several Indian tribes, as well as Abramoff's former lobbying firm, for his role in defrauding them.

Scanlon faces sentencing Friday morning, and in the weeks leading up to it, former congressional aides and lobbyists stung by the scandal have griped about the tens of millions of dollars Scanlon has amassed and sunk into extensive real estate holdings in Dewey Beach, Del. and D.C. His attorneys have argued that Scanlon should not have to pay the full $19 million he had agreed to when he pled guilty five years ago because of the extensive damage the scandal has done to his earning potential and his role as a father of two boys.

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Topics: Corruption, Greenberg Traurig, Jack Abramoff, Lobbyists, Michael Scanlon, Native Americans