A judge has warned Aaron Olson: keep with your current legal counsel or represent yourself.
“In the event that Mr. Olson contemplates terminating the services of current counsel on the eve of this newly rescheduled hearing, Mr. Olson should understand two things before acting on such contemplation: the hearing will occur as rescheduled, and he must be prepared to represent himself at that hearing,” said Judge Landya B. McCafferty, in a motion on Aug. 1 granting a continuance to Olson for his restitution hearing. Olson has had four attorenys since April 2014.
Olson’s legal counsel, Inga L. Parsons, filed a motion to continue the restitution hearing, which was scheduled for Monday. The restitution hearing is now scheduled for Sept. 29.
In her motion, Parson said that she is still reviewing “six full legal boxes of documents” and has had little time to meet with Olson.
Additionally, Parsons said efforts have been made between her and prosecuting attorney Mark Zuckerman to resolve the issue of restitution outside of the courtroom.
Olson, who had offices in Jaffrey and Rindge, was mixing his investor’s money with his own accounts, spending $2.6 million for his own use and defrauding investors out of $27.8 million, according to authorities.
Olson was sentenced in April to five years in federal prison, with an additional three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to four counts of tax fraud. Olson was also ordered to pay a $400 special assessment.
Nicholas Handy can be reached at 924-7172 ext. 235.