Ashraf Eldeknawey pleaded guilty last year to helping prepare and file 11 false tax returns.
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Court orders new trial on 1 charge in man’s bizarre cyanide-suicide case
The former Windham man must still serve a 25-year sentence on other charges after being convicted of causing an English man’s suicide.
Appeals court rules Standish man’s suit against Waldoboro police can proceed
The panel says the the officers misrepresented and omitted information in securing a search warrant that led to Jordan’s arrest on a felony theft charge.
Lewiston couple sues DHHS for $1 million for disabled daughter
20-year-old diagnosed with several behavioral disorders.
Driver charged in fatal Acadia crash says state didn’t have right to take blood test
An attorney for Praneeth Manubolu argues that police erred in taking a state-mandated blood sample because the accident that killed his 3 passengers occurred on federal land.
New Maine law to protect abuse survivors’ finances is illegal, credit agencies say in lawsuit
The agencies also challenge a new state law that limits the reporting of medical debt.