Bernard von Nothaus was finally sentenced for his involvement with the so-called Liberty Dollars which came up on the forum previous to this one. Here's a PCGS thread with a synopsis of the background:
http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=23&threadid=810206 ,
and here is the sentence:
http://www.nysun.com/editorials/beyond-bernard-von-nothaus/88958/