DOJ: Hacking suspect’s lawyers may face conflict

Published August 14, 2014 12:50am ET



SEATTLE (AP) — Two attorneys representing the son of a prominent Russian lawmaker may face a conflict of interest because their firm represented victims of a hacking scheme he’s accused of running, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday.

Federal prosecutors asked a U.S. Disctrict Court judge in Seattle to inquire into whether Robert W. Ray and Ely Goldin have a conflict in representing Roman Seleznev, who was arrested at an airport in the Maldives last month and subsequently transported to Seattle.

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