U.S. Attorney Richard Lehman Announces
Panama Supreme Court Overturns Illegal Arrest Warrant in Dispute over
Food Aid to Poor Kids
BOCA RATON, Fla. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) November 20, 2008 --
An illegal Panamanian arrest warrant against U.S. attorney Richard
Lehman has been overturned by that country’s Supreme Court in a recent
ruling that highlights the growing tensions between American interests
and the country’s alleged corruption-plagued lower courts, Lehman
announces.
In its ruling, the Panamanian Supreme Court overturned a November 2007
ruling by the First Judicial Circuit of Panama that wrongly charged
Lehman with defamation, slander and extortion in the high-profile Wilson
Lucom case. The charges were made by a Panamanian attorney in an alleged
effort to prevent Lehman from re-entering the country to defend Lucom’s
multi-million dollar donation to poor children in Panama. This is the
second of two false arrest warrants and the last of 14 criminal charges
that Lehman has had to overcome in his effort to defend his client’s
will in Panama.
“The Supreme Court’s ruling, which adjudicates me of any wrongdoing, is
a vindication of my legal crusade in Panama to defend the will of a
deceased American expatriate against corruption and to protect his wish
to donate millions in food aid to help the poor children of Panama,”
Lehman said.
In 2006, Wilson Lucom, an American expatriate living in Panama, willed
the bulk of his estate – now estimated to be worth over $100 million –
to be donated to help eradicate hunger-related deaths among poor
children in Panama. However, due to aggressive efforts by Lucom’s widow,
Hilda Arias, and her attorneys – including a multitude of lawsuits,
criminal charges, arrest warrants and a false red notice alert on
Interpol – this badly needed food aid has been indefinitely delayed and
is in danger of vanishing completely.
Lehman also recently uncovered alleged evidence of a widespread
conspiracy by the Arias family and others to illegally claim ownership
of a 7,200 acre beachfront estate that represents the bulk of Lucom’s
donation to charity.
According to Lehman, the Wilson Lucom legal saga is a prime example of
the legal misconduct prevalent in the Panamanian courts which is often
used against American expatriates and other foreign citizens, costing
millions of dollars each year in legal expenses, fines, bribes and
illegal detainment.
For more information about the Wilson Lucom case, visit www.lucomchildren.com,
www.youtube.com/expatriatejustice
or www.lehmantaxlaw.com.
See the original story at: http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/supreme_court/wilson_lucom/prweb1650864.htm
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