United States v. Abrahams

OPINION AND ORDER

CONNER, District Judge:

Defendant Alan Herbert Abrahams (“Abrahams”) is charged with one count of violating the conspiracy statute, 18 U.S.C. § 371, and forty-nine counts of violating the mail fraud and wire fraud statutes, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 1343, respectively. 1 The charges arise out of his operation, between July 1,1976 and January 15, 1978, of Lloyd, Carr & Company, which was in the business of offering to the public options to purchase or sell futures contracts 2 on commodities traded on markets in London, England. In Count One of the indictment, the Government charges…