JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Attorneys for former JEA CEO Aaron Zahn are asking that he be allowed to remain free while his convictions on federal charges of conspiracy and wire fraud are appealed to a higher court.
Zahn was convicted in March following a trial that lasted roughly three weeks. He had been accused of trying to take millions in personal profits from a proposed sale of the city-owned utility through a controversial bonus plan that had been proposed. The sale was being explored in 2019, but the process was ended at the end of the year, after additional details about the proposed bonus plan came to light.
In the motion filed Friday, Zahn’s attorneys argue that he meets the two conditions to remain on release as an appeal is unfolding. First, they argue that he meets the condition of not posing a flight risk or danger to the community, saying that he remained on release pending trial from the time of his indictment in March 2022, and appeared for trial and sentencing…