3rd Circ. Backs ​​​​​​​'Modern Icarus' Conviction, Cuts Restitution

By Dorothy Atkins ( January 30, 2026, 9:38 PM EST) -- The Third Circuit affirmed Friday the fraud and identify theft conviction of a former clean-energy company CEO who characterized himself as a "modern Icarus" in his appeal, but held that the lower court wrongly ordered him to pay $100,000 in victims' attorney fees in addition to $1.1 million in restitution....

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