PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: Federal prosecutors will not pursue criminal charges against suspended Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery over hefty referral fees his wife received while working as her husband’s chief aide, a Pennsylvania federal district court said.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania put out a statement this week announcing federal prosecutors worked with the FBI to investigate potential wrongdoing related to referral fees paid in civil cases to McCaffery’s wife, Lise Rappaport. She collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in referral fees while working for her husband.
“On the basis of this investigation, these agencies concluded that federal criminal charges should not be filed, and have therefore closed their investigation,” the statement said… (more)
