Word: bordoni
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sindona's trial turned out to be largely a cram course for the jury in accounting and the subtleties of foreign exchange trading. "This trial," complained a reporter from Milan, "it is arithmetical, not passionate." Still it did have its moments. The star witnesses against Sindona were Carlo Bordoni and Peter Shaddick, who had already been convicted of fraud in the case. Sindona's attorney tried to show that Bordoni was prejudiced against his client and got him to claim that Sindona had tried to rape his wife. Having provoked the charge, the defense denied that Sindona...