By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC - Guardian UK - Honduras - ESPN
SDNY COURTHOUSE, August 18 – Michael Colello and Charles Sayegh are charged with wire fraud, specifically a conspiracy to get a Dallas oil and gas company to wire $1.9 million to banks accounts they controlled.
On August 18, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain held a proceeding. Inner City Press covered it.
The case involves fraudulent standby letters of credit, and fraudulent surety bonds.
A next conference was set for September 30, with an eye toward it being virtual given COVID and the defendants' locations.
The case is US v. Colello et al., 20-cr-613 (Swain)
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