They have no defense they have pig $hit. For brains thief. Liars..conman..sob. This is what cann cann do ..me do too. .duh. It ok judge! Monkey see monkey do...make win win...duh...thats their defense?
Misappropriation of funds via fraud has no defense - and the CFO provided the court of a check for ~$4,000 to Mid-State Containers that they never received - Costello presented it to CANN as proof he was paying the vendors - Costello caught in another lie.
You can send Costello some hemp infused lube to make his stay with the BOP less painful.
Costello has committed bank and wire fraud and if he takes it to the box as most conmen do - they always believe they can talk their way out of anything - Costello will end up with a fresh 20.