San Diego
A federal judge Monday set a Jan. 16 trial date for the complex money-laundering case involving San Diego businessman Richard T. Silberman, reputed mobster Chris Petti and two others.
Judge J. Lawrence Irving also scheduled legal motions for October and November, as well as the exchange of evidence and pretrial hearings in the case, in which the defendants are charged with putting together an elaborate scheme to hide money they believed came from illegal Colombian drug sales.
The money was actually from an undercover FBI agent.
All of the defendants have pleaded not guilty in the case, and all but Petti remain free on bail pending the outcome of the trial.
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