U.S. v. CASTELLO

Docket No. 09-2784-cr.

611 F.3d 116 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Joseph A. CASTELLO, Defendant-Appellee, Michael Varrone, Ramon Calvo, Rolf Andersen, Dana Schwartz Castello, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 7, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane Leonardo Beckmann (David C. James, Laura D. Mantell, on the brief), Assistant United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, for Benton J. Campbell, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY, for Appellant.

Murray E. Singer, Law Office of Murray E. Singer, Great Neck, NY, for Appellee.

Before JACOBS, Chief Judge, WINTER and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.


DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:

Defendant-Appellee Joseph Castello was convicted in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Wexler, J.), after a jury trial, of failing to file thousands of Currency Transaction Reports ("CTRs") in the course of running his check-cashing business, in violation of 31 U.S.C. § 5313(a). Forfeiture was mandatory, and the district court fixed the amount at $12,012,924.31, plus his equity in his house (the...

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