United States v. Betty Frankenthal

PELL, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Betty Frankenthal was charged in the first count of a five-count indictment with conspiring to intercept, to endeavor to intercept, and to procure other persons to intercept wire communications and, by means of electronic devices, oral communications, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 2511(l)(a), 2511(l)(b)(iv)(A). Her co-conspirators were alleged to be her deceased father, Siegfried Frankenthal, and a private investigator hired by the Frankenthals, Jerome Leonard. The second, third, and fourth counts of the indictment charged her with endeavoring to…