Former New Orleans lawyer Danny Keating gets 32 months in staged truck crash scheme
U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown of the Eastern District of Louisiana on October 15, 2026, sentenced former personal injury lawyer Danny Patrick Keating Jr. to 32 months in prison and about $657,000 in restitution for his role in Operation Sideswipe, a scheme to stage crashes with 18-wheelers for insurance payouts. Keating pleaded guilty in 2021 and testified against convicted lawyers Vanessa Motta and Jason Giles.
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