With the federal criminal trial against suspended Chairman Marcello Banes and suspended District 3 Commissioner Stephanie Lindsey expected to begin in less than a month, Banes is looking to have two of those charges dropped. On Monday, Banes’ attorney Lynsey Barron filed a motion to dismiss two counts of fraud pertaining to applications Banes made with the Small Business Administration (SBA). The U.S. attorney’s office issued a superseding indictment on Jan. 6 — just weeks before the trial was supposed to begin — that brought forth allegations that Banes defrauded the SBA on multiple occasions.