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The arrest of prominent Manhattan lawyer Marc Dreier in Canada last week appears to be just the tip of the iceberg: On Sunday night, Dreier was arrested by U.S. authorities at LaGuardia airport, accused of "a $100 million fraud scheme". The NY Times says the feds "portray[ed] his recent undertakings as more high-stakes grifting than high-end lawyering."