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Lawyer Faces Laundering Charges

NEW JERSEY – As reported by the Press of Atlantic City: "A fugitive lawyer captured after "America's Most Wanted" profiled his case has been returned to New Jersey to stand trial on charges that he laundered more than $250,000 in stolen funds through an Atlantic City casino.

"Robert Short, 38, who had been listed among New Jersey's '12 Most Wanted' fugitives, was arrested at a Washington, D.C., airport in March as he returned to the United States from Sao Paolo, Brazil. He was extradited to New Jersey on Wednesday and was being held in the Atlantic County jail, according to Vaughn McKoy, director of the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice.

"Short, formerly of Arlington, Va., is accused of stealing $436,000 from a Virginia law firm. According to a New Jersey state grand jury indictment, he wired $250,000 to Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City a day before arriving there in February 2003…"

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