UNITED STATES v. LAX

18-CV-4061(ILG)(PK).

596 F.Supp.3d 421 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Moshe LAX, individually, as an executor of the Chaim Lax Estate, as a trustee of the Chaim Lax Family Trust, and as a trustee of the GAMA Trust; Zlaty Schwartz, individually, as executor of the Chaim Lax Estate, as trustee of the Chaim Lax Family Trust, and as a trustee of the GAMA Trust; Shaindy Lax; Judith Lax; J.L., a minor; 299 Hewes Street Realty Corp; 307 Hewes Street Realty Corp; JBAM Realty LLC, a/k/a JBAM Realty 2 LLC; Ben Zion Jacobowitz; Toby Jacobowitz; SL Holdings I, LLC; SL Holdings II, LLC; SL Holdings III, LLC; SL Holdings IV, LLC; SL Holdings V, LLC; Diamond Dynamics LLC; KGK Jewelry LLC; Congregation Bais Yehudah D'Ganitch; LX Holdings LLC; Morris Schlager; Gitty Schlager; Joseph Green; Hannah Green; Henny Green; and Hershi Green, Defendants.

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

Signed March 31, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kari Larson , Samuel Patrick Jones , Stephanie W. Chernoff , Ali Gadelhak , Philip Leonard Bednar , Steven S. Tennyson , U.S. Department of Justice — Tax Division, Washington, DC, Edward K. Newman , United States Attorneys Office, Brooklyn, NY, for Plaintiff.

Noah Ephraim Shelanski , Law Office of Noah E. Shelanski, New York, NY, for Defendant Moshe Lax.

James John Mahon, Jr. , Glenn H. Spiegel , Oliver Edwards , Samantha Allie Lesser , Sarah Emily Klein , Becker & Poliakoff LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Zlaty Schwartz.

Joseph Y. Balisok , Law Office of Joseph Y. Balisok, P.C., Brooklyn, NY, for Defendant Shaindy Lax.

Paul Thomas Shoemaker , Greenfield, Stein & Senior, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants Judith Lax, A Minor.

Solomon N. Klein , The Law Office of Solomon N. Klein, New York, NY, for Defendants 299 Hewes Street Realty Corp, Morris Schlager, Gitty Schlager, Joseph Green, Hannah Green, Henny Green, Hershi Green.

Matthew L. Levine , Leah Frankel , Phillips Nizer LLP, Craig E. Penn , NYS Office of Court Administration, New York, NY, for Defendant 307 Hewes Street Realty Corp.

Donald Jay Pols , Beilis & Pols, P.C., Brooklyn, NY, for Defendant JBAM Realty LLC.

Steven Y. Yurowitz , Newman & Greenberg, New York, NY, for Defendants Ben Zion Jacobowitz, Tony Jacobowitz.

Doron Aviram Leiby , Miller Leiby & Associates PC, New York, NY, for Defendant KGK Jewelry LLC.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

The United States commenced this civil action against the Estate of Chaim Lax ("Lax Estate"), Judith Lax, Moshe Lax, Zlaty Schwartz ("Schwartz"), and related individuals and entities, to recover millions of dollars that the United States says are owed on unpaid federal...

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