UNITED STATES v. LIEBERMAN

Nos. 78-1465, 78-1466.

608 F.2d 889 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Benjamin LIEBERMAN, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jack H. SHAPIRO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 7, 1979.

Certiorari Denied January 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey A. Silverglate, Boston, Mass., with whom Thomas G. Shapiro and Silverglate, Shapiro & Gertner, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant-appellant Benjamin Lieberman.

Peter L. Puciloski, Boston, Mass., with whom Edward J. Barshak, Natasha Lisman, and Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant-appellant Jack H. Shapiro.

Michael A. Collora, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., with whom Edward F. Harrington, U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied January 7, 1980. See 100 S.Ct. 673.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Giant Stores Corporation, which operated a chain of discount stores in New England, obtained large bank loans and made a successful public offering of common stock in 1972. On June 25, 1973, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched a nonpublic investigation into Giant's financial affairs, during which it determined that Giant had defrauded banks and investors by overstating...

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