Businessman Charged With Document Forgery
A Laguna Beach businessman was charged Wednesday with forging court documents while defending himself in a lawsuit.
Jon E. Jenett, 50, was chief financial officer of the now-defunct Mission Electronics in Irvine. He is accused of forging documents during a civil trial between Jenett and the owner of the company. Prosecutors allege that Jenett doctored money transfers.
Jenett was charged with five counts of perjury, six counts of submitting false documents to a court and seven counts of attempted perjury for lying during the deposition.
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