Post by Logan on Jan 27, 2016 1:13:38 GMT -6
Alaskan with ties to operative headed to trial in $52 million fraud case
The strange tale of Mark Avery and the wreckage of his Anchorage security and aviation businesses is set to unfold anew next month with a trial on federal charges that he siphoned $52 million from a wealthy widow’s trust — and blew about all of it.
U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline this week determined the case is ready for trial.
Avery’s public defender, Mike Dieni, had argued for a delay. The defense wanted to force the government to provide classified records on the undercover work of the mysterious Rob Kane, Avery’s one-time top associate and the man now portrayed by the defense as his Svengali.
But Beistline on Monday said he didn’t find justification for those records or to postpone the trial.
Read more: www.adn.com/article/20160126/alaskan-ties-operative-headed-trial-52-million-fraud-case
The strange tale of Mark Avery and the wreckage of his Anchorage security and aviation businesses is set to unfold anew next month with a trial on federal charges that he siphoned $52 million from a wealthy widow’s trust — and blew about all of it.
U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline this week determined the case is ready for trial.
Avery’s public defender, Mike Dieni, had argued for a delay. The defense wanted to force the government to provide classified records on the undercover work of the mysterious Rob Kane, Avery’s one-time top associate and the man now portrayed by the defense as his Svengali.
But Beistline on Monday said he didn’t find justification for those records or to postpone the trial.
Read more: www.adn.com/article/20160126/alaskan-ties-operative-headed-trial-52-million-fraud-case