New Trial Ordered in Mail-Fraud Case
A new trial was ordered Thursday for former Rockwell International Corp. official Ralph Affinito, whose conviction in a defense contract scheme was voided when mail fraud laws were narrowed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Affinito, of Rolling Hills Estates, was convicted by a Los Angeles federal court jury two years ago of five counts of mail fraud for allegedly channeling $430,000 worth of defense contracts to a machine shop he owned secretly.
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