U.S. v. KRAMER

Nos. 90-5055, 90-5360, 90-5431, 90-5751, 91-5659 and 93-4951.

73 F.3d 1067 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Benjamin Barry KRAMER, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael GILBERT, Benjamin Barry Kramer, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Benjamin Barry KRAMER, et al., Defendants, Michael Gilbert, Karen Gilbert, Robert Gilbert, Margaret Gilbert, the Michael Gilbert Family Irrevocable Trust, and the Robert Gilbert Family Irrevocable Trust, Claimants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Benjamin Barry KRAMER, Michael Gilbert, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Benjamin Barry KRAMER, et al., Defendants, Karen Gilbert, the Michael Gilbert Family Irrevocable Trust, Claimants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael S. GILBERT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Kukec, Miami, FL, for Benjamin Kramer in Nos. 90-5055, 90-5360 and 90-5751.

Bruce Rogow, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Michael Gilbert in Nos. 90-5055, 90-5431, 91-5659 & 93-4951.

Dexter W. Lehtinen, U.S. Atty., Robert J. Bondi, Alice Ann Burns, Linda Collins Hertz, Anne M. Hayes, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, FL, for U.S. in Nos. 90-5055, 90-5431, 90-5751, 90-5360 & 91-5659.

Michael S. Pasano, Miami, FL, for Michael Gilbert.

Steven E.M. Hartz, Miami, FL, for M. Dale Lyon & Lyon Children Trust in No. 90-5431.

Robert L. Shevin, Miami, FL, Stephen D. Miller, Los Angeles, CA, for David C. Pierson & Lois J. Pierson.

Richard H. Kirschner, Los Angeles, CA, A. Scott Miller, Miami, FL, for Julieann Coyne Wasson & Christopher Wasson.

William W. Taylor, Jr., Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Kulker, Washington, D.C., for Michael Gilbert, et al. in No. 90-5431.

Edward R. Shohat, Bierman, Shohat & Loewy, Miami, FL, for M. Dale Lyon & Lyon Children Trust in Nos. 90-5431 & 91-5659.

Marshall B. Grossman, Jonathan A. Loeb, Paul H. Rochmes, Alschuler, Grossman & Pines, Los Angeles, CA, for Karen Gilbert in Nos. 90-5431 & 91-5659.

Deborah J. Cantrell, Ross, Sacks & Glazier, Los Angeles, CA, for Michael S. Gilbert Family Irrevocable Trust in No. 90-5431.

Michael S. Pasano, Frederick W. Sall, Zuckerman, Spaeder, Taylor & Evans, Miami, FL, Deborah J. Cantrell, Ross, Sacks & Glazier, Los Angeles, CA, for Michael Gilbert Family Irrevocable Trust in No. 91-5659.

Michael S. Pasano, Humberto J. Pena, Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Kulker, Miami, FL, Bruce Rogow, Bruce S. Rogow, P.A., Beverly A. Pohl, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Michael Gilbert in No. 93-4951.

Kendall Coffey, U.S. Atty., Linda Collins Hertz, Alice Ann Burns, Anne M. Hayes, Robert J. Bondi, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, FL, for U.S. in No. 93-4951.

Before EDMONDSON and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and DYER, Senior Circuit Judge.


EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

Benjamin Kramer and Michael Gilbert appeal their convictions for RICO and Travel Act violations.1 Gilbert also appeals convictions for money laundering and obstruction of justice and perjury — and a judgment of forfeiture. We reverse Gilbert's conviction for money laundering and the forfeiture judgment. In all other respects we affirm.

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