Should the star witness in a $169 million real estate fraud case do time for his role in misleading investors into putting their savings into what turned out to be a Ponzi scheme? John J. Packard, 65, was one of two executives at Irvine-based Pacific...
Should Star Witness In Fraud Case Get Prison Time?
JEFF COLLINS, Orange County Register: Business
Mon, 04/25/2016 - 1:18pm
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