A defendant’s alleged desire for financial gain and his purported use of lies to fulfill that desire do not warrant holding a single trial on unrelated criminal charges, a federal judge has held. In a written opinion, U.S. District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber granted Michele DiCosola’s motion to divide the counts against him into three groups and try each group separately. One group of charges accuses DiCosola of bank fraud, another of tax fraud and the third of bankruptcy fraud. Leinenweber conceded …