Illinois farmer due in court for change of plea hearing; guilty plea...

11/28/08

Several news outlets here and here are now reporting that Joseph Diekemper, whose wife's guilty plea to conspiracy to conceal assets in bankruptcy case we reported here, is due in court tomorrow for a change of plea hearing.  He is expected to plead guilty under a plea agreement with the government in a case of bankruptcy fraud that also has ties to a double homocide.  For details of the alleged connection and of the deaths of two potential witnesses in the bankruptcy criminal case, see our previous post here

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