His case, which began with a separate indictment on the same day, is already set for a jury.

"From the information I have, they are due to come with an indictment any time."

Under federal rules, prosecutors were required to replace the complaint with an indictment to avoid a preliminary hearing, which had been set for Wednesday.

Macfarlane answers with a sweeping indictment of almost everybody in his book.

The case unraveled over six months, with an indictment this week.

"That's problematic because we need the officer's testimony to proceed with an indictment," she said.

"It was a bare-bones presentation that went fast but gave them everything they needed to come forward with an indictment."

"At another time the Government would have gone to trial with a larger indictment involving all these people."

The case began in May 1986 with an indictment against eight people.

The sentence has been suspended while the case, which began with an indictment in 1976, inches its way through Japan's molasses-like judicial process.