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Furniture Fraud Trial Postponed
May 4,
2010 by in UnCategorized 
By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on May 5, 2010
A former Starkville, Miss., furniture store owner's trial on fraud charges has been postponed, the Starkville Daily News reported Tuesday.
The trial of Tamara "Tammy" Christy on mail fraud charges, originally set to begin Monday in Oktibbeha County was re-set for July 27 at the request of prosecutors.
We asked for additional time to interview the defense witnesses, and the judge granted our request, said Assistant District Attorney Rhonda Hayes-Ellis in the report.
Christy owned a furniture store in 2003 and 2004 before it closed abruptly. The indictments accuse her of "making fraudulent representations or promises" by fax and by mail to three people across state lines.
"She is accused of devising a scheme to defraud people of money under the guise of providing furniture," Hayes-Ellis said.