Indicted Plymouth lawyer Timothy Oliver could face more charges
By David Phelps, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) | |
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Oliver last month pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he bilked a Mexican construction company out of
Since then, his defense attorney,
"This is a complex white collar case," Scott wrote in a motion to get out of the case. "There will probably be several superseding indictments adding new and different charges."
In that motion, Scott said Oliver could not meet the "terms and conditions" of a retainer agreement to hire him and his law firm Kelley Wolter & Scott.
In a subsequent filing, Scott said, "This appears to be a classic federal white collar fraud prosecution ... requiring attorney and investigative commitment easily exceeding 1,000 hours."
That level of representation could mean out-of-pocket expenses to Scott's law firm easily exceeding several hundred thousand dollars.
Earlier this week, however, Scott dropped the request to withdraw, a move that suggests Oliver did meet his retainer requirements.
Scott did not return a call seeking comment. Neither did the U.S. attorney's office which is prosecuting Oliver.
There was no indication in the
However, Oliver does have a checkered history of land deals elsewhere in
He was admonished by the
In 2011, Oliver and a partner were criticized by a federal judge for making "fraudulent misrepresentations" in a northern
Separately, the state
Oliver, 60, is a lawyer with the small
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