When Damien Labeaud got hired by indicted New Orleans attorney Danny Keating in 2017, it was as a “runner” and parts of the job reportedly were for legitimate purposes.
Keating was indicted on federal mail fraud charges last week as the first attorney charged in the Louisiana staged accident scheme. But based on the specifics of the indictment announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Keating’s legitimate use of Labeaud to find new business turned into a far...