McNabb in the News (9/15/06)

Senior Principal Douglas McNabb has been quoted in a Las Vegas Review-Journal article about former Clark County Commissioner Lance Malone’s plea agreement.

Douglas McNabb, an … attorney who specializes in federal criminal cases, said Malone received a good deal.

"The advantage of pleading guilty for him is that he will do less time than if he were to go to trial and lose," McNabb said. "The downside is that he has to say that he did it, and he is still going to jail."

The government also is asking the court for a money judgment of up to $750,000. [District Judge Larry] Hicks must decide how much Malone paid elected officials to reach a figure for the judgment.

One avenue of collecting the money judgment is to identify fraudulent transfers. McNabb said the plea agreement suggests the government might go after assets Malone transferred to his ex-wife, Rosemary Palacios-Malone.^[1]

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[1] Adrienne Packer, Political Corruption: Malone Plea Deal Avoids Trial, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Sep. 15, 2006.