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Attorney: Mortgage fraud case moving toward 2011 trial

Publication: The Southampton Press
By Will James   Sep 15, 2010 10:14 AM
The case against a group of people charged with organizing an $82 million mortgage fraud scheme that targeted the East End is scheduled to come to trial in January 2011, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.

Steven Wilutis, the Miller Place attorney representing one of the defendants, part-time Westhampton Beach resident Donald MacPherson, said he is currently preparing for a trial that has been tentatively scheduled for early next year before Judge James F.X. Doyle in Suffolk County Criminal Court.

“We plan on taking this case to trial, and have the district attorney prove, if they can beyond a reasonable doubt, if my client is guilty,” he said.

Robert Clifford, a spokesman for District Attorney Thomas Spota, said this week that prosecutors expect to be ready for the trial in January.

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By uncleronk (136), southold on Sep 16, 10 2:42 PM
Wondering what was happening with this -- it's been all Guldi all the time for the past 18 months.

I realize that due to the nature of his job, Bob Clifford gets paid to lie to the media, but "No decisions have been made as to whether or not the two men will testify at trial" is pretty blatant.

Of course they are going to testify at at the upcoming trials! That's why they took plea deals! Dente and Ellner both flipped early on! They will be Spota's "star" witnesses!
By Frank Wheeler (1095), Northampton on Sep 16, 10 4:00 PM
something for the Press to write about in January I guess, no one else seems to have picked up on the DA's 'press release'
By quioguebirdfreak (24), quiogue on Sep 16, 10 10:48 PM
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