United States v. Arthur P. Tranakos, United States of America v. William Pilgrim

STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

Arthur Tranakos and William Pilgrim appeal their convictions for conspiring to defraud the United States, 18 U.S.C. § 371, and obstructing justice, 18 U.S.C. § 1503. Tranakos also appeals a conviction for preparing and presenting fraudulent tax returns, 26 U.S.C. § 7206(2). We affirm.

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Tranakos and Pilgrim contend that their convictions should be reversed because their statutory and constitutional rights to a speedy trial were violated.

On February 24,1983, Tranakos, Pilgrim, Lowell Anderson, Ronald Ellsworth, and others were indicted by a federal grand jury…