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Disbarred New Orleans Attorney Schedules Court Hearing in Hurricane Ida Insurance Fraud Case
Just the facts
Federal prosecutors charged disbarred attorney Richard William Huye III with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with property insurance claims filed following 2021's Hurricane Ida in Louisiana. According to court filings, Huye helped Texas-based law firm McClenny Moseley and Associates open a New Orleans office shortly after the Category 4 storm hit the region. Investigators contend that the firm collaborated with an Alabama roofing company, Apex, which persuaded hundreds of homeowners to execute assignment of benefits agreements before routing the claims to the law firm. Prosecutors allege Huye and the law firm subsequently informed insurance companies that they exclusively represented the property owners without disclosing the assignment agreements with Apex. Louisiana disbarred Huye from practicing law, and state insurance regulators imposed a record $2 million fine against Huye, managing partner Zach Moseley, and the law firm before the firm filed for bankruptcy in 2024.
Why this is news
Federal court filings in New Orleans indicate that 34-year-old disbarred attorney Richard William Huye III is scheduled to appear at a September 28 rearraignment hearing following federal conspiracy charges linked to post-storm insurance fraud. Federal prosecutors charged Huye via a bill of information with conspiracy to commit wire fraud while working for Texas law firm McClenny Moseley and Associates.
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