New announcements from the Save Mark Seidenfeld site: Mr. Seidenfeld's new charges have now been announced, after a trial delay announced in April, when initial charges appeared to have been satisfied by evidence.
The first new charge states that he took more money to pay for the originally-disputed equipment than it actually cost. Derek Bloom over at the Save Mark Seidenfeld site is on record as saying that the difference between the two amounts is the amount of Value-Added Tax, which Mr. Seidenfeld also of course would have had to pay. This truly seems like a ludicrous charge: except, of course, no one's laughing.
The second charge sounds far more dangerous: accusing Mr. Seidenfeld of forging the receipts to the sale. This is particularly insidious, since the signature is of a man who has been dead for two years and cannot testify one way or the other.
The trial is expected to go forward in June.
To get the full story, go here (also linked above). It's well worth noting that this post has the document containing the new charges linked for your perusal–in other words, hiding nothing. You will never have this kind of access to trial documents in an expatriate trial again.
I’ve written extensively on this trial, using primary documents: the two most important are linked above. You can also check previous posts on Mark Seidenfeld using search function at top right.
