It seemed to be done and gone, a high-profile, multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud case that landed a Norwalk businessman a 16-year prison sentence back in 2010. But an appellate court decision has thrown the case back to a federal trial court for resentencing, a move that has captured the attention of some Connecticut white-collar lawyers.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently considered an argument by lawyers for William Trudeau, who claimed the original sentence is far too severe, considering a jury found him guilty of only two charges, for fraud and conspiracy, but acquitted him of nine potentially more serious counts of bank and wire fraud.
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