Vincent Chen

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Charge:	Forgery
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Years Imprisoned:	5
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Year Convicted:	2003
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Jamaica
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Vincent Chen was wrongly convicted in April 2003 of defrauding two people out of $20.5 million, one out of $10 million and the other out of $10.5 million, that had been entrusted with Chen to invest. Vincent Chen, a prominent Jamaican lawyer, was fined more than $2 million. In June 2008 the Jamaican Appeals Court quashed Chen's conviction, ruling that the case was a civil case, not a criminal case, because there was evidence that Chen intentionally tried to cause the lose of any investor money. The judges also said that the two complainants made "unwise" investments."
Conviction Caused By:	Two complainants claimed that Vincent Chen defrauded them out of money they entrusted him to invest for them.
Innocence Proved By:	"In June 2008 the Jamaican Appeals Court quashed Chen's conviction,"
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Attorney freed by appeal court, Radio Jamaica, June 27, 2008"
Information Location 1:	http://www.radiojamaica.com/content/view/9462/26/
Information Source 2:	"Kingston lawyer freed, Go-Jamaca, June 27, 2008"
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Vincent Chen

Charge:

Forgery

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2003

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Jamaica

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Two complainants claimed that Vincent Chen defrauded them out of money they entrusted him to invest for them.

Innocence Proved By:

"In June 2008 the Jamaican Appeals Court quashed Chen's conviction,"

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"Attorney freed by appeal court, Radio Jamaica, June 27, 2008"

Information Location 1:

http://www.radiojamaica.com/content/view/9462/26/

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"Kingston lawyer freed, Go-Jamaca, June 27, 2008"

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