A guilty plea on multiple federal fraud charges will stick with former Anaheim Chamber of Commerce CEO Todd Ament – for now – after a federal judge heard arguments on whether Ament could backtrack his plea Friday afternoon without issuing a ruling.
U.S. District Judge Fernando Aenlle-Rocha said he did not know how long it would take to decide if Ament could withdraw his guilty plea and pushed his sentencing hearing to April 17.
Ashwin Ram, a lawyer for Ament, argued the former Chamber of Commerce CEO pleaded guilty on bad advice from his previous attorney Sal Ciulla, with Ram saying Ament was innocent because he never intended to defraud anyone…