The Region - News from March 28, 1986

Convicted swindler J. David Dominelli was conscious and recovering from a mild stroke suffered in prison in Northern California, a federal prosecutor said. “He’s responding to treatment,” said Asst. U.S. Atty. George Hardy. Dominelli, 44, is serving a 20-year sentence at the federal correctional center at Pleasanton for fraud and tax evasion related to the February, 1984, bankruptcy of his J. David & Co. international currency trading firm. When he pleaded guilty in March, 1985, Dominelli estimated he owed investors about $80 million. Last month, he pleaded guilty in a separate case to charges he plotted to illegally finance the 1983 mayoral campaign of former San Diego Mayor Roger Hedgecock. Hedgecock was convicted of perjury and conspiracy and resigned from office Dec. 10.