![]() This image provided by the Nassau County District Attorney’s office in Mineola, N.Y., shows a fake death certificate with some information redacted by the DA’s Office. Scheduled to be sentenced to a year in jail last October on the theft-related charges, Berger fled the state, while taking steps to convince his then-lawyer, prosecutors and the judge that he had killed himself - including allegedly using his fiance to pass along a bogus death certificate, prosecutors said. His next court date is scheduled for July 29.Ī message seeking comment was left with a public defender who took over Berger’s case after the lawyer who submitted the suspicious death certificate claimed he’d been used as a pawn and had nothing to do with the alleged shenanigans. ![]() A judge set bail at $1 but ordered Berger back to jail because of his underlying cases. ![]() Arraigned by video Tuesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, Berger pleaded not guilty to a single count of offering a false instrument for filing. ![]()
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