Lawyers paid with `tainted money’ face serious risks

Lawyers applaud at the end of Toussant Boyce’s presentation

Lawyers who are paid by clients with proceeds generated through money laundering run the risk of being forced to forfeit those proceeds and/or the risk of imprisonment, says anti-money laundering specialist Toussant Boyce.

Being made to forfeit what he described as “tainted fees,” as well as the risk of imprisonment were just a few of the risks lawyers face as the “anti-money laundering gatekeepers” that Anti-Money Laundering (AML) legislation makes them, Boyce