Law-enforcement sources link Coatesville defendant to explosives

Neither the FBI nor U.S. Attorney’s Office would confirm ties By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times A 42-year-old Coatesville man facing federal charges related to an alleged Ponzi scheme had ties to a cache of explosives found Thursday at a Malvern storage facility, law enforcement sources said Friday. However, neither the FBI nor the U.S. Attorney’s Office would confirm any link...

For Chester County defendant, apparent role reversal

In 2004, he accused now-disbarred lawyer of fraud; now he’s charged  By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times A 42-year-old Coatesville man with myriad identities and multiple addresses may have had an advantage in running the Ponzi scam alleged Thursday by federal authorities: Court records show he was once on the receiving end of a con. Istvan Merchenthaler – also known as Steven...