Defendant Recruited Seven Actors to “Testify” in Fraud Trial

Defendant Recruited Seven Actors to “Testify” in Fraud Trial

Vermont resident Alison Gu has filed a petition to vacate her 2018 bank-fraud conviction and to strike an order requiring her to pay $107,000 in restitution. She exhausted her appeals long ago, and has served her sentence already, except possibly for some time on supervised release. But Gu is still challenging the conviction, claiming she received ineffective assistance of counsel. She is said to be especially upset with the defense lawyer who r…