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| Eric Marshall |
SOUTH BEND — Eric Marshall,
the local attorney who appeared to have skipped town amid fraud
allegations and charges last year, is back in South Bend and made his
first court appearance Monday.
Marshall,
61, closed his office without notice and stopped communicating with
clients at the beginning of last year. Not long after, two civil
lawsuits were filed against Marshall by former clients accusing him of
running a Ponzi scheme and stealing their investments.
In
December, he was charged in federal court with five counts of mail
fraud in what the U.S. Attorney called an “elder abuse scam.” In
January, Marshall was arrested in Clearwater, Fla. After being
extradited, Marshall was booked into the St. Joseph County Jail at the
end of last week.
Monday,
Marshall was arraigned on his federal charges before Magistrate Michael
Gotsch. Marshall pleaded not guilty on all counts. Judge Gotsch denied
bond and ordered Marshall to remain in pre-trial detention. A jury trial
has been scheduled for April 29.
Between
two civil suits, Marshall has been ordered to pay roughly $2.5 million.
His wife, Kathleen Marshall, is named in one of the suits, but recently
had the default judgement against her vacated. She said she had no
knowledge of her husband’s alleged crimes and she didn’t know she was
being sued.
This
doesn’t completely remove her from the lawsuit, but she will now be able
to raise a defense in court against the allegations. The default
judgement against Eric Marshall still stands.
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I wonder how many complaints were filed against this guy before he really got careless.
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