United States v. Nicholas Seregos

NEAHER, District Judge:

This appeal presents another facet of the unlawful activity “that has plagued waterfront businesses in New York and New Jersey.” See United States v. Clemente, 640 F.2d 1069, 1071 (2d Cir. 1981). The actors here were all businessmen on the waterfront who might have been expected to shun the illicit conduct which led to appellant’s indictment and conviction.

Appellant (hereinafter “Seregos”) was convicted after a bench trial in the Southern District of New York before Lawrence W. Pierce, J., for traveling from New Jersey to New York to facilitate the payment of a…