Jury selection underway in federal trial of former JEA executives

Aaron Zahn and Ryan Wannemacher are charged with wire fraud and conspiracy in the abandoned sale of the city-owned utility.

  • By Ric Anderson
  • | 8:23 p.m. February 15, 2024
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Fired JEA Managing Director and CEO Aaron Zahn and CFO Ryan Wannemacher are charged with conspiracy and fraud in the abandoned effort to sell the city-owned utility.
Fired JEA Managing Director and CEO Aaron Zahn and CFO Ryan Wannemacher are charged with conspiracy and fraud in the abandoned effort to sell the city-owned utility.
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The past and present were both visible to Aaron Zahn and Ryan Wannemacher on Feb. 15 from the 13th floor of the Bryan Simpson U.S. Courthouse. 

The courthouse’s east-facing windows offered a view of the upper floors of the former JEA headquarters at Laura and Church streets, where Zahn and Wannemacher once served as top corporate executives with combined salaries of more than $889,000. 

Along the 13th floor’s south hallway were the doors to Courtroom 13A, where jury selection began for the men’s trial on allegations of conspiracy and wire fraud.

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