Thieving businessman Steve Bachar pleads guilty again
Bachar, 57, faces 2-6 years in prison and $183,000 in restitution. Sentencing is Nov. 6.
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Bachar, 57, faces 2-6 years in prison and $183,000 in restitution. Sentencing is Nov. 6.
A Denver judge has ordered that $174,000 belonging to accused fraudster Steve Bachar must be split among people he owes $5.5 million to rather than be returned to him.
Thursday’s order ends a four-month-long debate over who would get the $174,000 intended to be restitution.
"Many in our community steal much less and go to prison,” Judge Eric Johnson said. The case will instead move ahead to trial.
After his restitution-for-probation deal collapsed, others came for Bachar’s $174,370. Three judges will decide who gets it.