Guilty Pleas of Dewey Staff Law Firm Detailed the Alleged Fraud Against Clients

The extent of an alleged scheme to hide the true financial condition of now-defunct law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP became clearer Friday, when a judge revealed the identities and statements of former employees who have pleaded guilty to helping carry it out.

"Beginning in at least 2008, I was instructed by Joel Sanders to create invoices, knowing that they would not be sent to clients," wrote Lourdes Rodriguez, a former billing manager. "When I was instructed to create invoices of these sorts by Joel, I knew it was inappropriate."