A Pittsburgh attorney has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of wire fraud and money laundering.<\/p>\n
The 10-count indictment named Christopher Furman, 53, as the sole defendant. According to the indictment, Furman in 2020 was selected as president of the board of trustees for the Society for the Preservation of the Duquesne Heights Incline, an organization that has operated the Duquesne Incline since the Society\u2019s founding in 1964.<\/p>\n
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