Mastros' sentence: Brie and Bordeaux

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Joe Copeland Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Mastros' sentence: Brie and Bordeaux</h1>
                <h2><p>A French court has granted freedom to Eastside fugitives Michael and Linda Mastro, accepting the couple's pleas on humanitarian grounds for protection from extradition to face U.S. charges of bankruptcy fraud. As a Seattle Times story notes, Michael Mastro, at age 88, will now have to live</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <p>A French court has granted freedom to Eastside fugitives Michael and Linda Mastro, accepting the couple's pleas on humanitarian grounds for protection from extradition to face U.S. charges of bankruptcy fraud. As <a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2021123625_mastrofreedxml.html?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">a Seattle Times story notes</a>, Michael Mastro, at age 88, will now have to live out his days in France. No wonder his attorney tells The Times' Sanjay Bhatt that Michael Mastro is relieved ... and heading out to dinner.</p>
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A French court has granted freedom to Eastside fugitives Michael and Linda Mastro, accepting the couple's pleas on humanitarian grounds for protection from extradition to face U.S. charges of bankruptcy fraud. As a Seattle Times story notes, Michael Mastro, at age 88, will now have to live out his days in France. No wonder his attorney tells The Times' Sanjay Bhatt that Michael Mastro is relieved ... and heading out to dinner.

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi