IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Investigators suspect a former Iowa lawyer facing fraud charges was getting help from an ex-business partner while he was on the run from the FBI.
Search warrant documents unsealed Monday show investigators believe former Coralville attorney Dennis Bjorklund received financial and other assistance from Thomas Harbit, who worked as a substance abuse counselor at Bjorklund’s office.
Bjorklund was captured in Colorado in April after five years as a fugitive. He’s charged with defrauding clients and evading taxes.
Harbit has been living in Bjorklund’s former Coralville residence. During searches in December, investigators found $20,000 cash, an online bank statement for Bjorklund dated November 2014, and notebooks containing the personal information of Bjorklund’s former clients.
Harbit denied knowing Bjorklund’s whereabouts to investigators and hasn’t been charged. His phone numbers were disconnected.
