Thursday, September 9, 2010

Reader Asks Whether FBI Lied About Frank Vennes Jr.

UPDATE: Frank Vennes was indicted April 20, 2011 for fraud and money laundering. For more about Frank Vennes go to the Vennes Info blog.

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"Dudley D. Right" asks this question in response to this DB post:

Avidor - something here doesn't add up. The FBI affidavit rises to the level of chargeable offenses. Yet, Vennes has not been charged or wasn't on any witness list. I wonder if, hmmm, maybe there is a problem with the truthfulness of the FBI affidavit?


First, although Mr. Vennes has been implicated in Tom Petter's scheme, Mr. Vennes has not been indicted for any criminal activity.

Second, Michele Bachmann withdrew her support for a pardon for Mr. Vennes. "Dudley" may want to ask Michele Bachmann what information she has to justify throwing Mr. Vennes under the bus.

However, I believe that everyone is innocent until proven guilty and that certainly goes for Mr. Vennes. I think it would be in the interest of Mr. Vennes to go public and explain his role in the Petters scam. I also hope he is cooperating fully with law enforcement and the receiver to recover the assets of the victims. I would be willing to tape a video interview with Mr. Vennes to get his side of the story if he is interested.

Speaking of associates of Mr. Petters, there will be more sentencings next week.

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