New York Bar Censures Lawyer Involved in 2016 Global Witness Video for Counseling Client to Engage In Fraudulent Conduct

On January 15, 2019, the Attorney Grievance Committee for the First Judicial Department, New York State Bar censured Marc S. Koplik for his conduct in participating in counseling a client to engage in conduct he knew was illegal or fraudulent during a 2016 undercover sting operation organized by the civil society organization, Global Witness. CBS Sixty Minutes broadcast the undercover sting operation on multiple occasions