San Diego
U.S. District Judge Earl B. Gilliam denied a request Thursday by Nancy Hoover Hunter for a pretrial hearing so her attorneys could argue for a change of venue. Gilliam said he will wait until he questions potential jurors about their knowledge of the case before deciding whether Hunter’s trial should be moved. She is expected to go to trial early next year on multiple fraud and conspiracy charges stemming from the 1984 bankruptcy of a La Jolla investment firm headed by her former boyfriend, J. David (Jerry) Dominelli.
Hunter, 48, is charged with 234 counts of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, mail fraud, making false statements to a federal agency, fraud by a commodity pool operation and income tax evasion. Dominelli is currently serving a 20-year federal prison term in a scheme to defraud J. David & Cos.’ 1,500 investors.
Hunter, who divorced her first husband and moved in with Dominelli, has remarried and is now living in Santa Barbara.
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