Strib - Defense Attorney Douglas Altman will present
a 68 page sentencing memo Monday, 12/17/12, outlining why his client should not
receive a life sentence for various crimes including fraud and money laundering
as money manager for business associate convicted Trevor Cook. To sweeten the
arguments against a harsh sentence, the defendant, Jason Beckman, is offering
to immediately pay a check for $19,000,000 to the court to pay victims of his
latest charges. Mr. Beckman is no stranger to court antics. He tried to
fraudently buy a part ownership in the Minnesota Wild hockey team for $5,000,000; tried to defraud an elderly couple of $4,000,000 life insurance
proceeds; is carrying 3 current tax charges; had to borrow with court permission
$5,151 for living expenses; looted the estate of his grandfather; was forced
out of the U. S. Air Force Academy for dishonesty; forged his mother 's
signature on a student loan application; and committed perjury during a divorce
proceeding to avoid child support, all contained in an article about Mr.
Beckman in the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper. It's going to be difficult
for the judge to go easy on a sentence, it would seem.
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