Jurors in the Dewey & LeBoeuf criminal trial saw more evidence Tuesday that the defunct firm’s former leaders used allegedly illegal accounting tricks to mask financial shortfalls, including an internal email between the defendants that described $25 million as “fake income.”

The day featured continued testimony by former Dewey finance director Francis Canellas, a key cooperating witness in the Manhattan district attorney’s case. Canellas answered prosecutors’ questions about the Nov. 10, 2009, email, which was sent from the firm’s then-CFO, Joel Sanders, to ex-chairman Steven Davis, former executive director Stephen DiCarmine and then-COO Dennis D’Alessandro.

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