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PublishedJuly 10, 2013
Fraud trial testimony shows Marshall Swan had a booming business
Former Chelsea Selectwoman Carole Swan and her husband made a lot of money but didn’t pay taxes from 2006 to 2010, according to testimony on day 3 of her fraud trial.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2013
Swans claimed negative $110,518 income in 2006, IRS official testifies
Robert Drisko testifies former selectwoman charged with fraud “would work outside (of board meetings) to get her own way.”
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PublishedJuly 8, 2013
Chelsea residents split on Swans’ fate
On first the day of Carole Swan's trial, some Chelsea residents said they would like to see her and her husband punished, while others said they're withholding judgment until a jury reaches a verdict.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2013
Lawyer: Swan just trying to survive abusive marriage
Carole Swan never meant to defraud anyone; she was just doing what she had to do to survive in an abusive marriage, her lawyer told the jury Monday, the first day of Swan's fraud trial.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2013
Swans to be tried separately on federal charges
Carole and Marshall Swan, a Chelsea couple accused together and separately of defrauding the federal government, will have separate trials, a judge has ruled.
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PublishedJuly 4, 2013
Former Chelsea selectwoman acted under ‘severe duress’ when she committed fraud, says lawyer
Defense attorneys for former Chelsea Selectwoman Carole Swan say that she was a battered wife, acting under her husband's direction when she defrauded the government.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2013
Trial of Chelsea contractor, former selectwoman starts July 8
The trial of former Chelsea selectwoman Carole Swan and her husband, Marshall Swan, on federal fraud charges has been specially set for July 8 in Bangor.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2013
Former Chelsea selectwoman loses bid to squash statements; federal trial cleared to start
Carole Swan is scheduled for trial on fraud and extortion charges in five weeks now that a federal judge has upheld rulings that refuse to suppress the former Chelsea selectwoman’s statements to investigators.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2013
Ex-Chelsea selectwoman received workers comp amid extortion and fraud charges
Carole Swan, the former Chelsea selectwoman facing federal extortion and tax fraud charges, had been receiving around $50,000 annually from federal workers compensation, according to documents obtained by the Kennebec Journal through a public records request.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2012
Judge rules against ex-Chelsea selectwoman in fraud case
A federal judge has rejected former Chelsea selectwoman's Carole Swan’s efforts to keep her admissions to deputies out of her upcoming fraud trial.
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