By Walter F. Roche Jr.
Two of the defendants in the federal criminal case stemming from the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak have completed probation and want the $250,000 lien lifted on their suburban Boston home.
In a petition filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Boston a lawyer for Douglas and Carla Conigliaro asked U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns to remove the lien since the two have successfully completed their probation.
Carla was given a one year probation sentence, while Douglas served a two year probation sentence. Both were convicted of violating a federal law restricting bank transfers in excess of $10,000.
The 13-room residence is currently assessed at a little over $2 milllion.
The Conigliaros were part owners of the New England Compounding Center, the company blamed for the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak. They were among 14 persons connected to NECC who were indicted on Dec. 17, 2014 following a two-year probe of the outbreak.
In a related development today a status conference was held in Livingston County Michigan where two people connected to NECC have been charged with 13 counts of second degre murder for their roles in the outbreak. Barry Cadden was president and part owner of NECC while Glenn Chin was a supervising pharmacist.
The session with Circuit Court Judge Michael P. Hatty and lawyers for Cadden and Chin was focused on scheduling sessions and filing deadlines for pending motions in the case.
Those include a motion by Cadden's lawyer to bar the prosecution from using some evidence. That motion is expected to be decided in November with a trial possible in late 2022 or early 2023.
Hatty is expected to issue formal orders next week on those remaining issues.
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