WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
LOS ANGELES - A Malibu woman pleaded guilty today to helping her convicted fraudster boyfriend hide from federal law enforcement, hide out in Mexico, and then later flee to his native Germany to avoid incarceration and sentencing in his U.S. criminal case.
Lucinda Jane Weist Manera, 63, a.k.a. "Lucy Weist," pleaded guilty to one felony count of being an accessory after the fact.
According to her plea agreement, in April 2025, a federal jury foundBernhard Eugen Fritsch, 64, then of Malibu, guilty of one count of wire fraud.
From 2014 to 2017, Fritsch defrauded investors out of more than $20 milli...