As New Orleans defense lawyer Tanzanika Ruffin entered a not guilty plea Friday morning to allegations she duped a former client out of $250,000, federal prosecutors said they’re investigating reports that Ruffin victimized another former client as recently as this month.
The veteran attorney stood as a defendant for arraignment before U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Wells Roby inside a courtroom at the federal Eastern District of Louisiana courthouse.
Ruffin, 48, faces a felony wire fraud charge. She’s accused of bilking a former client’s family of six figures in a fake settlement scheme invoking the New Orleans Police Department and Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office…