Federal prosecutors have informed the Second Circuit that former Locke Lord LLP partner Mark S. Scott has “greatly exaggerated” the significance of testimony from a government witness, portions of which were later revealed to be perjury, in his effort to reverse his money laundering conviction. Scott, who had been implicated in a broader scheme involving the cryptocurrency company OneCoin, is seeking to overturn his conviction on the grounds that the witness’s false testimony played a critical role in the jury’s decision.
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