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Article: District attorney bounced from case after victim funds probe.(Up Front)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- April 5, 2004
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In a rare decision by a state appellate panel, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office was disqualified from a counterfeiting case because prosecutors relied too much on the victim to gather evidence, issue search warrants and negotiate the unfreezing of bank accounts.
The case involved the indictment of 18 individuals and companies accused of manufacturing or selling counterfeit toner cartridges used in Xerox and Ricoh copiers. Before the indictments were brought in June 2001, a deputy district attorney in charge of the case relied on a private investigator and private attorney for Xerox Corp. to assist in the investigation.
On March 24, a ...