United States v. Hurwitz

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HADEN, Chief Judge.

On June 30, 1983, a grand jury returned the within fifteen-count indictment, wherein Count One alleges that from approximately the Spring of 1976 until the date of the indictment, that the Defendants, Hurwitz, Weitzen and Firestone, violated 18 U.S.C. § 371 by knowingly conspiring to defraud the United States by impeding, impairing, obstructing and defeating the Internal Revenue Service’s ascertainment, computation, assessment, management and collection of income taxes. The indictment further charges Hurwitz 1 and Firestone, 2 both of whom then…