Martin Weisberg, a former corporate partner in the New York office of an international law firm, pleaded guilty today to one charge of money laundering and one charge of conspiracy to commit securities fraud. The money laundering charge is based on Weisberg’s theft of money from an escrow account established on behalf of one of his clients for which Weisberg served as escrow agent. The securities fraud conspiracy charge is based on Weisberg’s involvement with a fraudulent scheme in which he received kickback payments from co-conspirators in connection with the issuance of publicly-traded securities by two of Weisberg’s former corporate clients. The guilty pleas arise from unrelated criminal schemes committed by Weisberg as alleged in two separate indictments. The proceedings were held before United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis at the United States Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York.