Ex-Mets Player Dykstra Indicted on Bankruptcy Fraud Charges

(Bloomberg) Lenny Dykstra, the former Major League Baseball player accused of removing, destroying and selling property from his $18.5 million mansion after filing for bankruptcy in 2009, was charged with fraud in an indictment.

Dykstra, 48, a former Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets outfielder, looted his Sherwood Estates mansion in Thousand Oaks, California, lied to the bankruptcy trustee about who stripped it, and denied selling items owned by the bankruptcy estate, according to the grand jury indictment issued yesterday.

A lawyer for the bankruptcy trustee has estimated Dykstra stole or destroyed property worth more than $400,000, U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte in Los Angeles said in an e-mailed statement.

According to the indictment, Dykstra lied about sconces, an oven, chandeliers and gold fixtures that he had removed from his mansion and sold. The indictment replaces a criminal complaint filed April 13 by prosecutors in federal court in Los Angeles. ........(more)

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