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OCTO Suspect Held Without Bail

2009_0313_acar.jpg Looks like the cash in the pajamas strategy paid off for federal prosecutors today, although it turns out the money was actually found in some pants, which makes the whole thing slightly less funny. Accused D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer embezzlement scheme mastermind Yusuf Acar has been ordered held without bail by a U.S. District Court judge, the Post reports. Reporter Del Quentin Wilber says that at today's hearing, U.S. Magistrate Judge John Facciola called the evidence against Acar "overwhelming." Prosecutors also reiterated that when Acar was arrested, FBI agents found about $70,000 in cash in his house. But they clarified that the $4,500 they originally said was discovered in the pajamas Acar was wearing at the time of his arrest was actually found in Acar's pants -- so, he wasn't wearing those pants? It's a little unclear.

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