U.S. v. CONCEPCION

Nos. CR 91-781, CR 91-1165, CR 91-1253, CR 91-1266, CR 91-1299, CR 91-1374 to CR 91-1376, CR 92-157, CR 92-261 to CR 92-263, CR 92-372, CR 92-377, CR 92-384, CR 92-385, CR 92-553, CR 92-576, CR 92-696 and CR 92-698.

808 F.Supp. 166 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America v. Martha CONCEPCION, a/k/a Martha Martinez, a/k/a Martha Morales, a/k/a Julianna Sanchez, a/k/a Sonia Serrano, a/k/a Gladys Torres, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Virginia FIGUEROA, a/k/a Patris Gordon, a/k/a Lillian Navarro, a/k/a Juana Martinez, a/k/a Rita Pagan, a/k/a Mary Puig, a/k/a Rosa Rivera, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Theresa Amelia ROMAN, a/k/a Gladys Arias, a/k/a Pamela Gonzales, a/k/a Sandra Ortega, a/k/a Mirna Perez, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Delores VARGAS, a/k/a Olga Almondovar, a/k/a Nelly Garcia, a/k/a Rosario Lopez, a/k/a Gladys Taveras, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Bertha ESCOBAR, a/k/a Marina Marrero, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Alison POLANCO, a/k/a Andrea Garcia, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Maria VARGAS, a/k/a Betty Hernandez, a/k/a Caridad Nunez, a/k/a Delia Valentin, a/k/a Esther Vargas, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Romula REAL, a/k/a Nancy Cepero, a/k/a Brenda Diaz, a/k/a Marina Diaz, a/k/a Alexandra Gomez, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Victor HEREDIA, a/k/a Juan Colon, a/k/a Victor Delgado, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Jacqueline PEREZ, a/k/a Miguelina Cordero, a/k/a Yaquelin Perez, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Miriam SOSA, a/k/a Ivette Clemente, a/k/a Maria Mojica, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Elena Garcia RAMOS, a/k/a Elena Gonzales, a/k/a Ligia Ramos, a/k/a Ana Serano, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Eleuteria FERNANDEZ, a/k/a Mitilde Figueroa, a/k/a Carmen Pagan, a/k/a Myrna Santiago, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Onfalia RAMOS, a/k/a Lisette Carrillo, a/k/a Ruth Gonzales, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Lucia TRINIDAD, a/k/a Azecuna Echevarria, a/k/a Caridad Soto, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Cruz PENA, a/k/a Antonia Pacheco, a/k/a Elena Velez, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Mercedes DIAZ, a/k/a Sandra Acosta, a/k/a Lisette Carillo, a/k/a Ziamara Colon, a/k/a Eva Diaz, a/k/a Idalia Escobar, a/k/a Josephine Ojeda, a/k/a Bernice Ortiz, a/k/a Ladisloa Sanchez, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Maria BURDIE, a/k/a Antonia Gonzales, a/k/a Cecilia Lopez, a/k/a Francia Martinez, a/k/a Zaida Mendez, a/k/a Maria Ovalle, a/k/a Milagros Rivera, a/k/a Amarilis Rodriguez, a/k/a Evarista Santana, a/k/a Maria Santana, a/k/a Lola Santos, a/k/a Lucia Tejeda, a/k/a Victoria Valdes, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Dinorah DOMINGUEZ, a/k/a Vanessa Arango, a/k/a Raisa Meja, a/k/a Minerva Perez, a/k/a Altagracia Ramos, a/k/a Juana Reyes, a/k/a Ada Rodriguez, a/k/a Karen Torres, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America v. Gloria Martinez DELGADO, a/k/a Catalina Arroyo, a/k/a Aura Garia, a/k/a Victoria Irizarry, a/k/a Mercedes Mendez, Defendant.

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

December 11, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. Maloney, U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, NY by Gordon Mehler and Michael Considine, Asst. U.S. Attys., for U.S.

Steven Gold, Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Investigation, New York City, for City of New York.

Edward Kratt, New York City, for Virginia Figueroa.

Jake LaSala, Kew Gardens, NY, for Roman.

Richard Rosenkrantz, Brooklyn, NY, for Delores Vargas.

John Apicella, Brooklyn, NY, for Escobar.

Lawrence Vogelman, New York City, for Polanco.

Joel Cohen, New York City, for Maria Vargas.

James Kousouros, Kew Gardens, NY, for Real and Fernandez.

Lori Levenson, Brooklyn, NY, for Heredia.

Edward Panzer, New York City, for Carlista Figueroa.

Peter Birkett, Brooklyn, NY, for Perez.

Harold Pokol, New York City, for Sosa.

Hal Myerson, New York City, for Elena Garcia Ramos.

Richard Berne, Bronx, NY, for Onfalia Ramos.

Richard Rosenberg, New York City, for Trinidad.

Bruce Smirti, Willington Park, NY, for Pena.

Debra Baker, New York City, for Diaz.

Nicholas DeFeis, New York City, for Burdie.

Lloyd Epstein, New York City, for Dominguez.

James Neville, New York City, for Delgado.


SENTENCING MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEINSTEIN, District Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

These 20 defendants are the second group of approximately 55 who are being prosecuted in this court for fraudulently obtaining assistance from the Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Food Stamp and Medicaid programs for the poor. The group now before the court consists primarily of Dominican women who bought, sold and used false identity documents and who bribed government...

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