Orleans Parish defendant fires attorney amid fraud allegations

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A defendant in Orleans Parish Criminal Court officially fired his defense attorney after court records accused her of defrauding his family out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Tanzanika Ruffin’s client, Kai Hansen, officially fired her today.

Prosecutors with the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office allege Ruffin asked her client’s family for payments for legal matters that didn’t exist…

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