Aug. 18--A federal judge in Brooklyn has criticized prosecutors for not promptly discovering incriminating information about a key witness in an extortion case stemming from poker games at the Rasputin restaurant. Witness problems and other issues led Judge Brian Cogan on Thursday to strongly hint to prosecutors that they should think about dismissing the indictment or coming to a settlement with the defendants, brothers Michael and Alex Mitselmakher of Brooklyn. The Mitselmakhers, both born in Russia, are on trial on charges they tried to extort a $50,000 gambling debt from the witness, Zakhar Peysakhov.....
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