A jury was chosen Monday for the theft and corruption trial of a Wauseon man who once hosted a radio program about successful investing.
While four co-defendants in the alleged Ponzi scheme involving Northwest Capital and Sylvania-based Private Wealth Consultants have pleaded guilty to varying felony charges, Gary Rathbun, 69, is taking the 24 counts against him to trial in Lucas County Common Pleas Court.
Judge Gary Cook, two Ohio assistant attorneys general, and defense lawyer Ronnie Wingate spent much of Monday exploring potential jurors’ understanding of the rules of evidence and familiarity with people and businesses involved, among other things, before seating a jury of four men and 11 women from an initial pool of 56 candidates…