NJ Fraud Defendant Loses Bid To Toss 'Vindictive' Charges

By Carla Baranauckas ( February 5, 2025, 6:40 PM EST) -- A New Jersey federal judge has rejected a bid by convicted fraudster Eliyahu Weinstein — who was later pardoned, and then charged again — to toss seven counts of a 17-count indictment on money laundering and other charges, reasoning that he and a co-defendant didn't show the new counts amounted to vindictive prosecution....

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