| After Slip and Fall Fraud
Trial Duncan Calls Judge Stein Seeking
Restitution Reduction
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 10 – Bryan Duncan was
convicted in a slip and fall
insurance fraud conspiracy and
has been awaiting sentencing,
with restitution to be
determined.
On May 29 he
called the Chambers voicemail
of U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Sidney H.
Stein. Judge
Stein ordered Duncan "to have
no further direct contact with
chambers," and scheduled a
July 10 proceeding. Inner City
Press, which covered the
trial, covered this as
well.
Duncan's
new lawyer, based in Orlando
and having just been tested
for Coronavirus, explained
that he agreed with his client
that the restitution proposed
was too high. He proposed a
hearing, with as witnesses two
family members and one trial
witness.
Judge Stein said
the issue should be
negotiated, that he did not
favor a big evidentiary
hearing at this stage. He set
another telephone conference
and urged the parties to
resolve the issue before then,
adding that Duncan probably
couldn't pay the restitution
whatever the number. He wished
Duncan's lawyer good health.
The case is US v.
Duncan, 18-cr-289 (Stein)
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