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EDA in Focus8 months ago

Supervisors explore budget carryover process and new software prior to light meeting agenda – THEN there was the closed session

A Tuesday evening, October 18, work session of the Warren County Board of Supervisors began with Finance Director Matt Robertson’s explanation of his recommendation for a...
EDA in Focus9 months ago

Poe joins EDA civil defendants in motions to nullify civil liability verdicts; Tran counsel granted additional time to file their motion to overturn jury verdict

After expressing some initial reluctance to invest more in legal fees attempting to overturn a Warren County Civil Court jury’s ruling of approximately $1.3 million in...
Crime/Court10 months ago

Jury awards WC EDA $11.9 million-plus in civil compensatory claims against ITFederal and Truc ‘Curt’ Tran

After five hours of deliberation beginning shortly after 9 a.m., at 3:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon, July 28, a Warren County Circuit Court civil case jury awarded...
Crime/Court11 months ago

EDA civil liability defendant ‘Curt’ Tran on witness stand for over 4-1/2 hours as trial heads into final day

Tuesday, July 26, the third day of the “Warren Economic Development Authority” versus Truc “Curt” Tran and ITFederal LLC civil liability and counter-suit case was highlighted...
EDA in Focus11 months ago

EDA vs. Tran/ITFederal civil liability and counterclaim trial heads into third day with defense poised to call final series of witnesses

On Monday, July 25, the plaintiff “Warren Economic Development Authority” (aka EDA, WC EDA, FR-WC EDA) completed presentation of its case for liability for both compensatory...
EDA in Focus11 months ago

EDA counsel accuses Tran/ITFederal defense of withholding requested documents – But motion for immediate production of missing material denied

A motions hearing in the civil liability case of the “Warren Economic Development Authority” versus Truc “Curt” Tran and his ITFederal company began Monday afternoon, July...
EDA in Focus11 months ago

Bankruptcy filing cancels EDA versus Samuel North civil liability case

(Editors note: In response to a query from a reader, the cancellation of the EDA vs. North trial does not mean the plaintiff EDA’s claim has...
EDA in Focus11 months ago

Judge takes dueling evidentiary objections ‘under advisement’ in EDA vs. ‘Curt’ Tran/ITFederal civil case and counterclaim

Attorneys for plaintiff “Warren Economic Development Authority” (EDA, WC EDA, FR-WC EDA) and civil case defendant Truc “Curt” Tran/ITFederal argued motions filed in objection to some...
Crime/Court2 years ago

Little civil consequence of more criminal prosecution delays in EDA case

Contacted about the new dates in late 2022 of trials in the now federal prosecutor-handled criminal indictments against former Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority (EDA)...
EDA in Focus2 years ago

‘Ghosts of EDA Loans Past’ come back to haunt county supervisors

The most interesting part of Tuesday evening’s Warren County Board of Supervisors meeting was likely behind closed doors after the board adjourned to Closed/Executive Session for...
EDA in Focus2 years ago

EDA gets McDonald company property as part of settlement agreement

On Wednesday, October 20, Warren County Economic Development Authority Board of Directors Chairman Jeff Browne verified the EDA’s acquisition of the 41-acre “Happy Creek Road” parcel...
Crime/Court2 years ago

UPDATE: EDA and McDonald agree to $9-million debt exemption to her bankruptcy claim

On Tuesday, July 20, U.S. Western District Harrisonburg Division Bankruptcy Court Judge Rebecca B. Connelly issued a “Non-Dischargeable Consent Order Judgement” in Jennifer McDonald’s bankruptcy filing....
EDA in Focus2 years ago

EDA Finance Committee scrutinizes FY-22 Budget proposal, dynamics

Friday morning, July 9, the Finance Committee of the Warren County Economic Development Authority met to discuss the EDA’s Fiscal Year-2022 Budget proposal. In addition to...
EDA in Focus3 years ago

Sleeping with the enemy? After long closed session, EDA wonders if it should make 2 year-end reports

The Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority had an end of the fiscal year report from its committees at the regular monthly meeting on Friday morning,...
EDA in Focus3 years ago

Judge denies EDA civil suit defendants’ motions for removal from case

In a written ruling signed January 24 and filed in the Warren County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office on January 27, Judge Bruce D. Albertson denied a...
EDA in Focus3 years ago

January 10th set for decision on EDA civil defendant motions to quash

Attorneys for multiple Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority civil litigation defendants argued for dismissal of their clients’ inclusion in that list in Warren County Circuit...
EDA in Focus4 years ago

I’ll see your $12 million dollars, and raise you another $1.5 million

On October 9, attorneys for ITFederal and its principal Truc “Curt” Tran filed a $13.5 million countersuit in response to the Front Royal-Warren County Economic...
EDA in Focus4 years ago

EDA meets, goes into closed session and tours properties

Following a 25 minute closed session discussion of legal matters including loans, accounting, debt service and matters involving First Bank & Trust the Front Royal-Warren County...
EDA in Focus4 years ago

Op-Ed: County, EDA officials cited for failed oversight – why not the Town?

Many have wondered when or even if prosecutors and state investigators guiding the Warren County Special Grand Jury’s look into criminality tied to the Economic...
EDA in Focus4 years ago

EDA board tours ITFed site to view status of disputed drainage pipe

Following a 20 minute open session and two closed sessions totaling three hours and ten minutes, the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Board of Directors walked...
EDA in Focus4 years ago

EDA moves on legal representation, loan accounts – addresses indictments

At the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority monthly meeting on Friday, September 27, a four-person quorum, plus one (Greg Harold) by phone connection for a...
EDA in Focus4 years ago

Exploring Warren County’s EDA financial scandal – How did it happen?

As the final weeks of the summer of 2019 arrive in the northwestern Shenandoah Valley, one small-town, rural community remains conflicted, perhaps even collectively traumatized by...
EDA in Focus4 years ago

Criminal and non-criminal dereliction of public duty: Where might they apply in the EDA financial scandal?

In coming stories Royal Examiner will explore how the “catastrophic failure” of processes and oversight leading to the EDA financial fraud investigation and its resultant...
EDA in Focus4 years ago

A new and fully staffed EDA Board of Directors presses forward

Properties – What and where they are? What condition they are in? What to do with them? At what cost? Processes – How to refine, retool...
EDA in Focus4 years ago

McDonald draft statement goes public – another side of the EDA story

A draft of comments former EDA Executive Director Jennifer McDonald planned to deliver at a municipal meeting, likely the Warren County Board of Supervisors, outlines her...
EDA in Focus4 years ago

Cherry Bekaert investigative report appears in EDA civil suit files

A trove of new plaintiff documents hinted at by Judge Clifford L. Athey Jr. during Jennifer McDonald’s second unsuccessful criminal case bond hearing on June 10,...
EDA in Focus4 years ago

2017 EDA Investigation Part 7: FRPD questions EDA employee Marla Jones

FRONT ROYAL – On May 18, 2017, McDonald the Front Royal Police Department received a call about a break-in at the Front Royal-Warren County EDA office...
EDA in Focus4 years ago

Tran defense motions echo earlier filings, cite vague summary of allegations

On May 2, the attorney for ITFederal and its CEO Truc “Curt” Tran followed attorneys for the other seven defendants in the EDA civil suit of...
EDA in Focus4 years ago

EDA civil complaint: How does a gift become a $651,690 loss?

In Part 2 of Royal Examiner’s look into details of the March 26 EDA civil suit, another prominent Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development project resulting in...
EDA in Focus4 years ago

EDA Investigation, Part 5: Local businessman John Costello is interviewed by the FRPD

FRONT ROYAL – Those Royal Examiner readers and viewers who have been following the EDA Break-in Series will notice that this one – part 5 –...

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