UNITED STATES v. BEIN

Nos. 357, 360, Dockets 83-1141 to 83-1144.

728 F.2d 107 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Calvin BEIN, Thomas DeAngelis, Albert Vitti, and Arthur Billups, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Liotti, Carle Place, N.Y., for defendant-appellant Calvin Bein.

Jeremy G. Epstein, New York City, for defendant-appellant Thomas DeAngelis.

Barry M. Fallick, New York City, for defendant-appellant Albert Vitti.

Henriette D. Hoffman, New York City, for defendant-appellant Arthur Billups.

Victoria J. Meyers, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., N.D. Ill., Chicago, Ill. (Daniel W. Gillogly, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before OAKES, KEARSE and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Calvin Bein, Thomas DeAngelis, Albert Vitti and Arthur Billups were convicted on various counts for wire fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1343 and 2 for their participation in a scheme to sell illegal commodity option contracts. Bein was also convicted of selling commodity options in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act as amended, 7 U.S.C. §§ 6c(c) and 13b (1976).

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