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Litigation

Apr. 7, 2016

Judge lays into federal prosecutors in hearing over court bugging

A frustrated federal judge flayed federal prosecutors as he finished off a hearing focused on an FBI agent's use of non-Title III listening devices to snag accused price fixers in public foreclosure auctions.

By Tim O'Connor
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A frustrated federal judge flayed federal prosecutors as he finished off a hearing focused on an FBI agent's use of non-Title III listening devices to snag accused price fixers in public foreclosure auctions.

The five defendants in the case were slated to take the stand in San Francisco federal court Tuesday and face grilling about what actions they took at the San Mateo courthouse auctions in ...

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