Mike Donoghue

1 week ago | manchesterjournal.com | Mike Donoghue

BURLINGTON — A federal judge has rejected a request to delay a court hearing about a criminal defendant who tried to secretly hire about a half dozen non-English speaking actors to serve as witnesses for her in a $1.6 million bank fraud case in Southern Vermont. Chief Federal Judge Christina Reiss told Alison Gu, also known as Alison Ling, to be prepared to go forward with the hearing in U.S. District Court in Burlington next week on grounds of ineffective assistance of legal counsel.

1 week ago | vtcng.com | Mike Donoghue

A Chittenden County jury has cleared the University of Vermont Medical Center against claims of medical malpractice and negligent undertaking in the 2020 overdose death of the adult son for a doctor based at the Burlington hospital. Shelburne doctor David N. Krag, as executor of the estate of Peter M. Krag, had sued the medical center claiming the care provided by Dr. Halle G. Sobel was substandard and led to the death of the well-known local jazz musician from Shelburne five years ago.

1 week ago | rutlandherald.com | Mike Donoghue

A cryptocurrency trader from Rutland County is facing a federal charge of bilking the Internal Revenue Service out of more than $1 million in income taxes, penalties and interest, according to a new federal indictment filed in Burlington. John Caleb Wright, who is in his 40s, is due for arraignment on July 22 in U.S. District Court in Burlington before Federal Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle.

1 week ago | vermontbiz.com | Mike Donoghue

by Mike Donoghue, Vermont News First, Vermont Business MagazineA cryptocurrency trader from Rutland County is facing a federal charge of bilking the Internal Revenue Service out of more than $1 million in income taxes, penalties and interest, according to a new federal indictment filed in Burlington. John Caleb Wright, who is in his 40s, is due for arraignment on July 22 in U.S. District Court in Burlington before Federal Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle, Vermont News First has learned.

1 week ago | vermontbiz.com | Mike Donoghue

by Mike Donoghue, Vermont News First, Vermont Business MagazineA federal judge in Burlington has ruled he wants to have a competency determination for an out-of-state man who is charged with torching a historic Vermont building that included the office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders in Burlington last year. Shant M.