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Criminal

May 20, 2011

Fraud Case Against Real Estate Mogul Ends

The federal criminal fraud trial of an Iranian-born real estate mogul ended Wednesday as prosecutors urged jurors to convict based on "powerful circumstantial evidence."


By Gabe Friedman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - The federal criminal fraud trial of an Iranian-born real estate mogul ended Wednesday as prosecutors urged jurors to convict based on the "powerful circumstantial evidence" they say reveals a scheme to defraud investors.


Defense attorneys in their closing arguments told jurors that prosecutors had made an "assumption of guilt" about the two defendants and warned them...

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