U.S. v. NIVICA

Nos. 86-1842, 86-1855.

887 F.2d 1110 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Gjon N. NIVICA, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Mark L. PEDLEY, a/k/a Jack Williams, Mark Wellington, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Marshall, by Appointment of the Court, with whom Homans, Hamilton, Dahmen & Marshall was on brief for defendant, appellant Gjon N. Nivica.

Robert A. Costantino, by Appointment of the Court, for defendant, appellant Mark L. Pedley.

Louis M. Fischer, Dept. of Justice, with whom Wayne Budd, U.S. Atty., was on brief for the United States.

Before BREYER, REINHARDT, and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

"Money Makes the World Go Around" was the background music to which this farflung flim-flam was set. Centered around an offshore bank, Merchant Bank & Trust Co. (MBT), the scheme circled the globe, from Boston to the Bahamas and from Mexico to the Mariana Islands. The finale was a nineteen-count indictment against six defendants, including appellants Gjon Nivica and Mark Pedley Wellington. Following their conviction on numerous counts,

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