Peter PocklingtonPhil Mccarten
Canadian financier Peter Pocklington's criminal trial for bankruptcy fraud is headed for its fifth delay.
An official in the U.S. Attorney's Office said Monday that the prosecutor has asked the United States District Court to postpone the trial, which was scheduled to begin March 9 in Riverside, Calif.
In court papers, assistant U.S. attorney Sean Lokey filed an application for an order to seal documents.
Mr. Pocklington, the former owner of the Edmonton Oilers, filed for personal bankruptcy in August, 2008, but he is being accused of concealing assets. The case was delayed three times last year and again in January.
Mr. Pocklington was charged last March in California.
The financier known as Peter Puck, who traded Wayne Gretzky from the Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in 1988, has pleaded not guilty to the two-count felony indictment that accuses him of filing false personal bankruptcy declarations and making false oaths.
Mr. Pocklington and his wife, Eva, began living year-round in California in 2002.