Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Judge Voids Plea Deal for Accused Scammer

A judge has voided a plea agreement for a Las Vegas man accused of running an investment scam to swindle elderly people. On Friday, Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Joe Sciscento ordered Jamal Eljwaidi to stand trial on six counts of elder exploitation. Sciscento made the ruling after learning that Eljwaidi had failed to pay back some $300,000 to the alleged victims, as per the plea deal.

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Judge Voids Plea Deal for Accused Scammer

2 comments:

Carl said...

Good going, Judge!

jerri said...

wow this is good news accountability with consequences for failure to comply how refreshing restores my faith in the old fashioned justice system