Legal Opinion
United States v. Reiners
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided June 26, 1996No. Crim. Action 96-98-APublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ELLIS, District Judge.
In what may be one of the largest, most audacious, single frauds in American history, the question has arisen whether bank records relating to disposition of the fraud proceeds, which records were obtained by a grand jury subpoena, are “matters occurring before the grand jury” and thus subject to the secrecy provisions of Rule 6(e), Fed. R.Crim.P.
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The facts of this case reveal a fraud as brazen as it was large. Edward Reiners, posing as an official of Philip Morris, approached Nelco, a computer leasing firm, about acquiring and financing a large amount of computer…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Fund for Constitutional Government v. National Archives and Records ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Interstate Dress Carriers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- In Re Grand Jury Investigation. Appeal of New Jersey State Commission of InvestigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- In Re Grand Jury Investigation of Ven-FuelDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1977
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