United States v. Pignone

SMITH, District Judge.

The defendant, Joseph Anthony Pig-none, has been charged in an indictment with conspiracy to evade and defeat the payment of the Occupational Stamp Tax in violation of Title 26 U.S.C. § 7201. The indictment charges a conspiracy with eight other unnamed co-conspirators. The overt acts are alleged to have been participated in by the eight other unnamed co-conspirators. The government charges that the defendant received racing results and passed these results on to the eight other unnamed co-conspirators after receiving phone calls from these persons for this purpose. It is…