Interesting to see Mastro's lawyer play the "lifelong religious good deeds doer" card.
I agree with leon's comment about how if he found out he had been shilled in bidding in Mastro auctions in the past, he would be infuriated. I would too, but how in the world will we ever know? We can suspect we were, but realistically we will never know. The mere suspicion of shill bidding lead me to quit making high proxy bids and instead end up staying up in to the wee hours and placing a bid on lots I wanted near the end of the auction.
Personally I know Doug Allen, as many on the board do, and from a personal standpoint I hope Doug comes through this all right, but, again like some on the board, I find all this very troubling and worrisome
I agree with a former poster who alluded to the fact the feds don't normally like to indict unless they believe they have an iron clad case, but they do occasionally make mistakes, usually in conspiracy cases or cases with multiple defendants.
What a mess......