Vihko v. Commonwealth

Opinion

COLEMAN, J.

Jukka Pekka Vihko, an established securities broker, solicited approximately $1.1 million from investors by falsely promising exorbitant returns from low risk investments. From the amount solicited, Vihko embezzled approximately $500,000. He was convicted of various securities frauds and illegalities for which he received sentences totalling 222 years in the penitentiary.

Vihko seeks reversal of his convictions on the grounds that the indictments were per se invalid because of prosecutorial misconduct which occurred before the special and the regular grand juries and because…