The former vice president of Mankato Bank, Minnesota, who filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Public Safety in October last year, has been told to wait by a federal judge.
Jon Kietzer, former vice president of the community bank, filed a lawsuit against special agent Doug Forsman and the commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, Michael Campion, seeking damages for Forsman's alleged illegal and unconstitutionally torturous behaviour with him during a fraud investigation.
However, weeks after Kietzer filed his lawsuit, he was charged with theft by swindle and forgery, both felonies. Hence U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeanne Graham stayed proceedings of Kietzer's civil case until the criminal cases against him were resolved.
The charges against Kietzer accuse him of using a false appraisal for a house and land that he had sold to a nonprofit organization called Minnesota Game and Fish Preservation, after which he issued a $100,000 line of credit to the organization. Kietzer's bank accounts were searched during the investigation.
Forsman's investigation was brought to public attention in 2007 after Kietzer and another local businessman were questioned about their involvement in the Minnesota Game and Fish Preservation nonprofit organization.
Kietzer's lawsuit claims that Forsman tried to coerce him into making a confession.
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