New York Daily News

Lawyer found guilty

- BY ANDREW KESHNER

A LAWYER WHO once represente­d Casey Anthony has been convicted of plotting to fly a planeload of coke from Ecuador to Honduras.

Jurors in Brooklyn federal court deliberate­d for just over an hour Friday before finding Todd Macaluso (inset) guilty of internatio­nal cocaine distributi­on conspiracy.

Prosecutor­s said the disbarred lawyer was planning to fly 1,500 kilos, more than 3,000 pounds, aboard his Falcon 10.

The narcotics were valued at approximat­ely $13 million. The plan was for Macaluso to get $185,000 in return, according to the feds.

Macaluso, 55, was busted in Haiti last November.

He was out on supervised release for a wirefraud conviction at the time.

His lawyer, Michael Gold said, “Mr. Macaluso was disappoint­ed with the verdict but looks forward to being vindicated in future proceeding­s.”

Macaluso was Anthony’s lawyer for almost a year between 2009 and 2010.

The Florida mother was acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter in 2011.

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