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Dusing is reportedly a high school friend of the reverse mortgage company founder, whose Richmond, Virginia-based business closed suddenly last year.
The folksy white-collar criminal defense lawyer is up against U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman's office, with its staff of 225 prosecutors and experience in cases against the likes of Bernie Madoff, in Manhattan federal court. Dusing said, “It is the Yankee Stadium of financial fraud worldwide.”