PER CURIAM.
At issue here is whether an individual involved in a Massachusetts "nominee trust" can assert the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination in order to resist a grand jury subpoena seeking trust records. The district court held that no privilege was available because the trust was a "collective entity." We agree and therefore affirm the order of contempt.
I.
In December 1986, appellant John Doe, along with his brother, created...
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