USA v. SCHESSEL
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2:22-cr-00374
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June 12, 2024
Lies At Heart Of Fraud Case Over COVID Test Kits, Jurors Told
The retrial of a securities fraud case over a COVID test kit deal that never materialized will center on lies, according to opening statements delivered in New Jersey federal court Wednesday.
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June 11, 2024
Retrial Begins In NJ Fraud Case Over COVID Test Kit Deal
The painstaking process of jury selection got underway Tuesday in the retrial of a securities fraud case that ended with a dramatic mistrial after a juror announced in open court that he disagreed with the guilty verdict that had just been delivered by the jury forewoman.
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June 04, 2024
Fox Rothschild Partner Can't Testify In NJ Fraud Retrial
Fox Rothschild LLP partner Ernest E. Badway can't serve as an expert witness for a businessman facing retrial on securities fraud claims, a New Jersey federal judge ruled Tuesday, siding with the government's contention that the testimony would be irrelevant.
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May 15, 2024
Feds Push To Bar Fox Rothschild Atty's Testimony In Retrial
In a renewed bid, the government has urged a New Jersey federal court to bar a Fox Rothschild LLP partner from testifying as an expert witness in the retrial of a securities fraud case that ended in a dramatic mistrial, arguing that his testimony would constitute an irrelevant and an improper bid to bolster the defense.
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April 23, 2024
Feds Seek To Bar Fox Rothschild Atty From Fraud Retrial
The government is seeking to bar a Fox Rothschild LLP partner from testifying as an expert witness for the defense in the retrial of a federal securities fraud case that ended in a dramatic mistrial after a lone juror told the judge that he disagreed with the guilty verdict the forewoman had delivered to the court.
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December 20, 2023
Feds Will Retry Securities Fraud Case Over COVID-19 Test Kits
The retrial of a federal securities fraud case that ended in a dramatic mistrial after a lone juror told the judge that he disagreed with the guilty verdict the forewoman had delivered to the court has been scheduled for May 29, according to the court file.
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December 06, 2023
How One Word Turned A Guilty Verdict Into A Mistrial
The occasional mistrial in a fact-heavy criminal case is a job hazard prosecutors and defense attorneys have come to expect, but a lone juror's sudden sabotage of a guilty verdict last week was a first to many in the Newark, New Jersey, federal courthouse.
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December 01, 2023
Guilty Verdict Turns Into Mistrial In Securities Fraud Case
A juror's declaration disagreeing with his colleagues' initially reported guilty verdict resulted in a mistrial on Friday in the New Jersey case of a former CEO accused of duping investors into thinking he had a viable contract to deliver tens of millions of COVID-19 test kits.
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November 28, 2023
COVID Test Kit Fraud Case Is A Matter Of Timing, Jurors Told
It all boils down to who knew what when, jurors in New Jersey federal court were told Tuesday regarding whether the ex-head of a struggling company exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to dupe investors or was the victim of a legitimate business deal gone bad.
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November 02, 2023
Ex-CEO Duped Investors Over COVID Tests, Jurors Told
The former head of a struggling company exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to dupe investors into thinking he had a viable contract to deliver millions of test kits, a New Jersey federal jury heard Thursday.