U.S. v. ARACRI

Nos. 178, 179 and 180, Dockets 91-1248, 91-1249 and 91-1267.

968 F.2d 1512 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joseph ARACRI, John Papandon, and Anthony Zummo, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Siffert, New York City (Patricia McDonagh, Maria L. Zanfini, Lankler, Siffert & Wohl, of counsel), for appellant Aracri.

Steven Alan Reiss, New York City (Harris J. Yale, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, of counsel), for appellant Papandon.

Andrew M. Fallek, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Joseph Fallek, of counsel), for appellant Zummo.

Brett Dignam, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Shirley D. Peterson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert E. Lindsay, Alan Hechtkopf, Tax Div., Mark Rasch, Criminal Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Andrew J. Maloney, U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., Brooklyn, N.Y., of counsel), for appellee.

Before: MESKILL, WINTER and WALKER, Circuit Judges.


MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

Defendants Joseph Aracri, John Papandon and Anthony Zummo appeal from judgments of conviction entered after a jury trial before Wexler, J., in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Defendants were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 and of aiding and assisting in the preparation of fraudulent federal excise tax returns in violation of 26 U.S.C. §...

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