UNITED STATES v. GROOPMAN

No. 249.

147 F.2d 782 (1945)

UNITED STATES v. GROOPMAN et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

February 27, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel J. Siegel, of New York City (Samuel Mezansky, of New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellants Henry Groopman and L. C. Heat Conditioning Corporation.

Louis Jay Brecher, of New York City (Freiman & Brecher and Maurice Freiman, all of New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellant Fred Purcell.

Mario Pittoni, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Brooklyn, N. Y. (T. Vincent Quinn, U. S. Atty., and Vine H. Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Brooklyn, N. Y., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before EVANS, CLARK, and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge.

After a lengthy trial, the three appellants herein, together with six other defendants, were convicted, under 18 U.S.C.A. § 88, of conspiring to make false statements to secure loans for the modernization of old houses under Title 1 of the Federal Housing Act and regulations issued under it, 12 U.S.C.A. § 1701 et seq., as specifically prohibited by 12 U.S.C.A. § 1731(a), as amended. Appellant Groopman, through his alter ego, appellant...

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