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Chicago lawyer gets jail time for part in Refco fraud

A Chicago lawyer was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday by a federal judge who said his excessive loyalty to Refco Inc. led him to help the big commodities brokerage carry out a $2.4 billion fraud.

A Chicago lawyer was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday by a federal judge who said his excessive loyalty to Refco Inc. led him to help the big commodities brokerage carry out a $2.4 billion fraud.

Attorney Joseph P. Collins, 59, of Winnetka, Ill., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ro

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