![]() ![]() ![]() The indictment says that after Schwartz received his $5,000 biweekly cash payments, he texted Rosett and directed him to pick up the cash from a hiding spot in Schwartz's backyard BBQ grill. Morse also wasn't a defendant in the civil lawsuits, which have since ended. Morse's lawyer has strongly denied the insurance companies' allegations and Morse hasn't been charged with any wrongdoing. Insurance companies Allstate and State Farm claimed in civil lawsuits that high-profile attorney Mike Morse once received police reports from Rosett to get client leads, and also had Rosett pay contractors that were building an addition to Morse's personal residence as payment for him referring legal clients to Rosett's therapy clinics. Rosett, a Bloomfield Hills resident who owned physical therapy clinics and a police report collection business, also took a plea deal last year along with the two police officers but has yet to be sentenced. In addition, they paid Schwartz about $5,000 in cash every other week, which Schwartz then gave to the Detroit police officers and a metro Detroit businessman named Jayson Rosett in exchange for the trio emailing him the stolen police reports. The unnamed Individual A and three others paid about $2,500 per week in checks to Schwartz for him to gain access to the police reports, according to the indictment. More: Businessman linked to attorney Mike Morse pleads guilty to tax crime More: Aggressive solicitation comes after auto accidents in Detroit The police reports were illegally obtained before they were publicly available, courtesy of Detroit Police Department officers Karen Miller and Carol Almeranti, who took plea deals last year with federal prosecutors for their roles. ![]() The Floridians then worked as phone solicitors for businesses that contacted Michigan accident victims to steer them to specific personal injury lawyers, chiropractors and MRI centers. The indictment claims that between July 2014 and April 2018, Franklin, Sitto, Individual A and others paid money to Schwartz and two businessmen for them to share stolen police reports about Detroit car accidents with a pair of Florida men. The indictments make repeated references to Schwartz, although he isn't among the defendants in the newest case. ![]() That person and their personal injury law firm are identified only as "Individual A" and "Entity A."įranklin and Sitto were among six defendants in the indictments handed down Dec. The operator of a third Southfield-based law firm was described in last week's indictment as being involved in the scheme, although he or she isn't a defendant in the case and was not named. Both men entered not guilty pleas Monday and were released on $10,000 bonds. District Court in Flint on wire fraud charges. Sitto of Bloomfield Township, founding members and principals of Southfield-based Auto Accident Attorneys, whose website is , were indicted last week in U.S. Franklin III of Harrison Township and Brent F. Schwartz of Birmingham, the principal founder and managing partner of Southfield-based law firm Legal Genius, which runs frequent TV ads, pleaded guilty in October to two charges, including conspiracy to defraud the IRS, and is awaiting sentencing in U.S. Top lawyers at two metro Detroit law firms took part in schemes to illegally obtain police reports of auto accidents and solicit the crash victims for legal and medical services, according to recent federal indictments and a plea agreement. ![]()
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