Legal Opinion
United States v. Paul Ochs, Jr., United States of America v. Richard Dray
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 15, 1988No. 87-1465, 87-1501PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
Paul Ochs, Jr. and Richard M. Dray were convicted in February 1987 of conspiracy to commit mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1341. According to the indictment, Ochs and Dray conspired during 1984 to obtain a building permit from the City of Boston for a fraudulently low fee by deliberately underestimating the cost of renovation at a commercial building in downtown Boston. The indictment charged that, to facilitate this scheme, Dray, an attorney, double billed the building owner for certain legal fees and then split the windfall with Ochs, the construction…
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