Federal prosecutors have moved to dismiss without prejudice criminal charges against two men accused of participating in an alleged pay-to-play scheme involving hundreds of millions of dollars in Amazon real estate development deals.
Pursuing the cases against Kyle Ramstetter and Christian Kirschner isn’t in the “best interests of justice,” the motion, filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, said.
The government has declined to prosecute other alleged coconspirators, and Ramsetter and Kirschner had “comparatively minimal involvement” in the alleged scheme, according to the motion.
Although Ramsetter and Kirschner each pleaded guilty to one count ...
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