Carpet-cleaning entrepreneur Barry Minkow refused to enter a plea Monday to a new fraud indictment stemming from the collapse of his Reseda company, ZZZZ Best, because he wants to challenge the validity of the charges, his attorney said.
Defense attorney David Kenner alleged after the federal court hearing that prosecutors dropped racketeering charges in a bid to "tailor the indictment to prevent the truth and the defense from coming out."
