Bond-Posting Pals Allowed To Reclaim Homes Previously Forfeited When Bailjumping Friend Fled Country As Brooklyn Federal Judge Lets Them Off The Hook

In Brooklyn, New York, the New York Post reports:

• Pals who posted bail for a shady former Credit Suisse broker who fled to Spain are off the hook for backing the crook, a federal judge ruled [Wednesday]. Brooklyn Federal Judge Jack Weinstein let Julian Tzolov's friends reclaim their homes after prosecutors agreed to seize only the broker's assets to cover his $3 million bail bond. Tzolov, 36, was captured on the southern coast of Spain in July after a month-long manhunt and agreed to testify against his partner in crime, longtime friend Eric Butler. [Wednesday's] ruling was an about-face for Weinstein, who, when he first learned in June that Tzolov was missing, angrily told prosecutors that the friends should "lose everything."

For more, see Judge bails Tzolov pals.

For the earlier story on this bailjumping broker leaving his friends holding the bag, see Broker Fugitive Tzolov Leaves Friends Homeless.