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Federal case fizzled as prosecutor left to seek Hillsborough office: Link

https://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/federal-case-fizzled-as-prosecutor-left-to-seek-hillsborough-office/2259981/


TAMPA —While a former Justice Department lawyer was announcing his bid to become Hillsborough County's top state prosecutor Monday, his last big federal case was gasping for air.

Until recently, Andrew H. Warren was lead prosecutor against three phone company owners accused in 2014 of siphoning $32 million from Lifeline, a program that helps poor people afford cellphones.

But on Monday, before jury selection started in Tampa, a federal district judge dismissed 12 counts of a 13-count indictment at the request of another Justice Department lawyer.

That left defendants Leonard I. Solt of Land O'Lakes and Kevin Brian Cox of Arlington, Tenn., no longer facing charges.

...But the defense contended that the audio files — such as telephone recordings — were also acceptable during the years in question, 2009 to 2011.

Further interviews suggested the prosecution could be wrong, which posed a problem because government investigators had not gone through all 1.5 million audio files collected.


Whoops!!! No wonder the Government dropped the case......very clear they know they screwed the pooch! lolzzzzzzzzz