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| Norman Hsu gets three years in '91 fraud case |
| 2008-01-06 |
| Dismissing a claim that Norman Hsu's right to a speedy trial had been violated because California authorities didn't fully pursue him after he fled from justice 16 years ago, a San Mateo County judge on Friday sentenced the former Democratic fundraiser to three years in prison for fraud. Hsu faces a number of other legal troubles. Last month a federal grand jury in New York indicted Hsu, 56, on charges of operating a large new Ponzi scheme and making illegal campaign contributions to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and others. The sentencing provided long-awaited satisfaction to Hsu's prosecutors and victims. "I am very pleased," said Ronald D. Smetana, the California deputy attorney general who handled the earlier fraud case against Hsu from its inception. "It is often said that justice delayed is justice denied, but not in this case." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Got to get him out of the way before the general election. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2008-01-06 22:11 |