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READ SCHNEIDERMAN'S COMPLAINT

COOPERSTOWN

MAN CHARGED

IN $4 M FRAUD

By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

Lagan

COOPERSTOWN – Attorney General Eric Schneiderman brought charges today against an Albany area town justice and Cooperstown developer Thomas Lagan for allegedly siphoning $4 million from the family trusts of a Capital Region philanthropist.

“As we allege, the defendants orchestrated a complex scheme to steal millions from trusts they were responsible for protecting,” said Schneiderman. “We have zero tolerance for those who try to game the system and violate the public trust in order to line their own pockets.”

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