A federal judge has vacated a $5.4 million restitution order against a disbarred Long Island attorney, faulting the Eastern District U.S. Attorney’s Office for not identifying specific victim losses and the defendant’s lawyer for his failure to protest the assessment.
"The government has continually failed to produce evidence that would satisfy the requirements pertaining to identification of victims and accounting of their respective losses as required" under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act, Eastern District Judge Arthur Spatt (See Profile), sitting in Central Islip, wrote in Carnesi v. United States, 11-cv-1044.
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