For the second time in less than a month, the Justice Department dropped charges against a client represented by Brad Bondi, the brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Federal prosecutors in Missouri agreed this week to dismiss an indictment against property developer Sid Chakraverty.
Chakraverty was accused of felony wire fraud for allegedly lying about hiring women- and minority-owned subcontractors to obtain tax incentives.
As recently as three weeks ago, career prosecutors under the Biden administration argued that Chakraverty should face criminal penalties.
The newly appointed U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, Thomas Albus, filed the paperwork to end the prosecution, per ABC News.
Albus, a Trump appointee, told the judge the “defendants have agreed to make restitution of the taxes” and said it was “prudent for the government to end this criminal prosecution.”
Albus explained that the decision was part of a broader directive to stop pursuing cases tied to “race- and sex-based presumptions like the [disadvantaged business enterprise] program” in St. Louis.
The development comes just weeks after federal prosecutors in Florida dropped charges against another Bondi client, Carolina Amesty. Amesty faced two counts of theft of government property tied to alleged COVID relief fraud.
Amesty hired Brad Bondi in December 2024, shortly after his sister was tapped by President Donald Trump to serve as attorney general.
According to the court docket, Brad Bondi officially joined Chakraverty’s defense in July 2025. But James McCarthy, a spokesperson for Chakraverty and alleged co-conspirator Victor Alston, said Bondi had been involved since before the 2024 election.
“[Sid and Vic] credit the wisdom and integrity of their counsel, especially Brad Bondi, Renato Mariotti, and Jeff Jensen, who righteously and compellingly made clear that this case should never have been brought,” McCarthy said.
He added that the legal team showed the charges “could not withstand the scrutiny of either a jury of St. Louisans or the jurists of the federal courts.”
McCarthy pointed out that two days after the defense filed its motion to dismiss, “the City of St. Louis suspended the untenable and unconstitutional policy that formed the entire basis of the unjust charges.”
Brad Bondi’s courtroom victories have raised questions about whether his proximity to the attorney general creates an appearance of conflict of interest.
Critics note that two high-profile clients of the AG’s brother have now had federal charges dropped in less than a month.
The Justice Department pushed back on the criticism. A spokesperson told ABC News, “This decision was made through proper channels and the Attorney General had no role in it.”
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