Seifert, Early Set To Open Defense

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With Shona Seifert and Thomas Early’s criminal trial set to begin in New York on Tuesday, prosecution and defense have been at odds over instructions to the jury.

The ex-Ogilvy & Mather executives have pled not guilty to conspiracy and fraud charges arising from overbilling the Office of National Drug Control Policy. In a motion filed Jan. 4, the defense objected to a proposal by prosecutors that the jury be told “the defendant has a deep personal interest in the result of his/her prosecution.

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