U.S. v. SCALA

No. S1 04 Crim. 0070(LAK).

405 F.Supp.2d 450 (2005)

UNITED STATES of America v. Salvatore SCALA and Thomas Sassano, Defendants.

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

December 21, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joon H. Kim, Christopher P. Conniff, Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York City, for United States.

Bruce A. Barket, The Law Offices of Bruce A. Barket, P.C., Garden City, NY, for Defendant Salvatore Scala.

Ronald Rubenstein, Rubenstein & Corozzo, LLP, New York City, for Defendant Thomas Sassano.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

KAPLAN, District Judge.

Defendants Salvatore Scala and Thomas Sassano stand indicted for extortion and conspiracy to commit extortion, with Scala further charged with three counts of federal income tax evasion. The government now moves for an anonymous jury and certain other protective measures.

Facts

According to the superseding indictment, Scala and Sassano are respectively a captain and a soldier in the Gambino...

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