Despite these red flags, the AWC alleged that Hesse did not identify any of the activity in the accounts controlled by Client to be suspicious or irregular.
For many designers and similar creatives the client pitch has given way to a kind of mini-crowdsourcing controlled by the client who sees openness as a new mechanism for cost reduction.
Perhaps more alarming to Dreier's former law partners is the disappearance of tens of millions in client escrow funds from accounts controlled by Dreier.