Petters, awaiting trial on charges he ran a $3.5 billion Ponzi scheme, is now trying to get his case dismissed, claiming that during its investigation of him, the government hid the true identity of Larry Reynolds, an alleged co-conspirator who has pleaded guilty to money laundering in the case.
Attorneys for Petters apparently filed the motion earlier under seal, and refiled it Friday in U.S. District Court in St. Paul with the names blackened out. But the series of documents clearly appears to be about Reynolds, a key figure in the Petters investigation who was identified in earlier court filings as being in the U.S. Justice Department's witness security program.
The filing argues "information tends to show [name redacted] secretly led the scheme without Mr. Petters' knowledge."
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