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David SmithSo, if this JP Cohen thing were to blow up into a criminal investigation, would Leon be in trouble for posting what Mr. Fogel wrote?
I will give a hypothetical. Say Memory Lane is investigated in three years, five years, 10 years or whatever and JP Cohen is arrested for theft, fraud, money laundering, etc. In the investigation, the authorities find this board and ask questions about people who have dealt with Mr. Cohen and Memory Lane and someone mentions Mr. Fogel and the post he wrote, praising all the fine attributes of Cohen and his company.
If the authorities go back and are able to find it, they will see that Mr. Fogel did not post the message but Leon did. The authorities can prove this by the unique IP address associated with Leon's computer.
Again, my question, would Mr. Fogel get into trouble or at least have his reputation tainted because of this or would Leon be the one on the hook??
I assume Fogel is a defene lawyer, 1) because of the amount of money he is able to spend on cards and 2) because he is indifferent to Cohen's criminal past. Seems a prosecutor would have a problem with Cohen's said past. Any way, back to Fogel and his reputation. If he knowingly associated with a convicted felon and also wrote a glowing tribute about him and then Cohen is arrested, wouldn't that sulley Fogel's reputation?
Would Mr. Fogel be investigated by his states' Bar Ethics Committee? Or has Mr. Fogel protected himself from any trouble with Cohen by dictating to Leon what he wanted to say and then having Leon post it using his own computer?
See, I have a real problem with why a high paid and highly succesful attorney would not post a response to this board himself. I mean, he obviously has an opinion of Cohen and wants that opinion out in the public but he doesn't write it himself. He takes the time to call (I assume long distance) and dictate what he wants said to Lean and then Leon has to post it.
Just wondering why,
David