Legal Opinion
United States v. Alan J. Valenzeno
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 13, 1997No. 95-4203PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWellford, J., joined by Cole, J.,
MOORE, J. (pp. 371-374), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
OPINION
WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.
Defendant, Alan J. Valenzeno, acting as a tax preparer,1 and his co-defendant, Donald Bilbrey, acting as an unlicensed private investigator, were engaged in an illegal scheme to defraud Valenzeno’s “clients” by requesting large sums of money in exchange for their promise to resolve the clients’ problems with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). Valenzeno and Bilbrey were charged in a thirteen-count indictment with extortion under the Hobbs Act (18 U.S.C. § 1681),…
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