United States v. Gotti

OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The defense now moves pursuant to Rule 29 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure for a judgment of acquittal on Count Four of the 2006 indictment charging Gotti with violating section 1962(a) of Title 18 of the United States Code. The Government argues that it has shown that illicit income flowed both into and out of Hempstead after May 22, 2001, and that the evidence at trial has established that Gotti created the Hempstead holding corporation with racketeering proceeds and then operated this enterprise as a dummy company or…