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Charged with Grand Larceny

I have been charged with one count of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree (class D Felony), one count of Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree (class E Felony) and one count of Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree (class E Felony). I have charged as the ''owner and operator'' of said company, which has long been closed. The company was owned by my wife (we are currently separated), and run by her brother-in-law (who conveniently has left his name out of this company since its inception - I never understood why that was the case, but realized too late that it was probably because his past two companies he operated and were owned by his wife, were bankrupted as well). I was neither the ''owner'' or ''operator.'' The District Attorney's office claims that over a period of three months in 2005, I personally collected over $20,000 in deposits from twelve customer to do work for them. In each case, the money was taken but no work was performed. After numerous complaints from the homeowners, the Department of Consumer Affairs notified the County's District Attorney's office of the ''scheme.'' The company closed its doors in late 2005, and the responsibility of closing and bankrupting the company was left to my wife's family. I had no control over i

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