January 31, 2013
California federal prosecutors on Thursday dropped their charges against the controller of a company owned by a Los Angeles real estate tycoon after the Ninth Circuit reversed his conviction in a $21 million fraud case.
September 27, 2011
A Los Angeles real estate tycoon and his company controller convicted of siphoning $21 million from clients' tax deferral accounts asked for sentencing leniency Tuesday, even as they sought to vacate the verdict based on evidence they say was unfairly excluded.
May 19, 2011
A California federal jury on Thursday convicted a Los Angeles real estate tycoon and his company's controller of four counts each of wire fraud in a scheme to defraud clients by siphoning $21 million from tax deferral accounts.
May 18, 2011
An attorney for a California real estate tycoon charged with siphoning $21 million from unwitting clients' tax deferral accounts turned the tables on prosecutors during closing arguments Wednesday, accusing them of shirking their duty to seek the truth.
May 04, 2011
A real estate tycoon accused of siphoning $21 million from the tax deferral accounts of unwitting clients did not defraud anyone, a defense attorney told a Calif. jury in federal court Wednesday.
May 03, 2011
Federal prosecutors in California moved to narrow the government's tax fraud case against real estate tycoon Ezri Namvar and his co-defendant on the eve of trial Monday.
April 27, 2011
A California federal judge on Wednesday barred a real estate tycoon and his co-defendant accused of using $23 million held in clients' tax deferral accounts to prop up a faltering company from relying on two defenses to which prosecutors had objected.
March 08, 2011
A real estate tycoon and his co-defendant, accused of using $23 million held in clients' tax deferral accounts to prop up a faltering company, told a California federal court Monday they should be allowed to rely on two defenses despite prosecutors' objections.