Hyde

ORDER RE DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO KEEP FINANCIAL AFFIDAVIT UNDER SEAL

On January 22, 2002, the federal grand jury returned a 64-count indictment against John B. Hyde for, inter alia, mail fraud, health care fraud and money laundering violations, and seeking forfeiture of over $1.2 million of monies traceable to money laundering.

On February 5, 2002, defendant Hyde requested the Court appoint counsel to represent him, and submitted a financial affidavit in support of is request. At defendant Hyde’s request, the Court provisionally placed the financial affidavit under seal and continued the matter to review the affidavit. On February 8, 2002, the Court questioned defendant Hyde ex parte and under seal about the affidavit and his finances. Prior to the ex parte examination, the Government suggested areas of inquiry since the Government was in possession of deposition testimony and documents obtained in the context of prior proceedings before the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) involving defendant Hyde, and had some knowledge of his finances. Satisfied with the information provided by defendant Hyde, on February 13, 2002, the Court appointed the Federal Public Defender to…