Judge: Man accused of swindling investors is 'cantankerous,'

Judge: Man accused of swindling investors is 'cantankerous,' not incompetent


    SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS ) — Accused swindler David deBerardinis, whose federal criminal case has dragged on for three years as lawyers raise issues about his sanity, is “cantankerous” and “obstinate” but not mentally unfit to stand trial, a federal magistrate in Shreveport said in a pretrial ruling.
deBerardinis, who ran an energy trading business in Shreveport, is accused of swindling lenders and investors out of tens of millions of dollars in a Ponzi scheme.
It is the latest development in pretrial jockeying over deBerardinis’ mental condition. In court filings, defense attorneys say deBerardinis might admit the whole thing was a fraud but claim associates took advantage of him because of his mental illness.

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