UNITED STATES v. IANNIELLO

S 85 Crim. 116.

621 F.Supp. 1455 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America v. Matthew IANNIELLO, a/k/a "Matty the Horse," Benjamin Cohen, a/k/a "Benny Cohen," Paul Gelb, Pauline Gelb, Bernard Kurtz, Chester Cohen, Morton Walker, George Vallario, Jr., Carl Moskowitz, Bradford Cohen, Sol Goldman, Alfred Ianniello, Oscar Ianello and Robert Ianniello, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

As Amended November 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Goldberger, New York City, for Morton Walker.

Gustave H. Newman, New York City, for Carl Moskowitz.

Robert Hill Schwartz, New York City, for Sol Goldman.

Victor Rocco, New York City, for Oscar Ianello; Judd Burstein, Anne Feigus, Roger Parloff, Mark Pomerantz, Mark Somers, of counsel.

Thomas P. Puccio, New York City, for George Vallario, Jr.

Ronald P. Fischetti, Fischetti, Feigus & Pomerantz, New York City, for Bradford Cohen.

John L. Pollok, Hoffman Pollok & Gasthalter, New York City, for Alfred Ianniello.

Gerald L. Shargel, New York City, for Robert Ianniello.

Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty., New York City, for the U.S. of America; James B. Rather, Howard E. Heiss, Asst. U.S. Attys., of counsel.

Jay Goldberg, New York City, for Matthew Ianniello.

Al Brackley, Brooklyn, N.Y., for Paul Gelb.

Gerald B. Lefcourt, New York City, for Bernard Kurtz.

Frederick Hafetz, Goldman & Hafetz, New York City, for Benjamin Cohen.

Steven K. Frankel, New York City, for Pauline Gelb.

Eugene Kaplan, New York City, for Chester Cohen.


OPINION

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

Fourteen defendants have been indicted upon charges of violating and conspiring to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations ("RICO") statute1 and committing the crimes of mail fraud, bankruptcy fraud, income tax evasion and conspiracy to commit bankruptcy fraud and tax fraud. In broad outline, the indictment charges that over a six-year period the defendants, in varying...

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