United States v. Alexander Bortnovsky, A/K/A "Sasha," Leonid Braz

Appellants Alexander Bortnovsky and Leonid Braz, along with alleged co-conspirator Naum Braz, were indicted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for engaging in a scheme to defraud the Federal Emergency Management Administration and the New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association through the submission of false and inflated insurance claims. Specifically, the twelve-count indictment charged appellants with mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (1982), with conspiring to defraud the United States, 18 U.S.C. § 286 (1969), and with violating the Racketeer…