United States v. Philip Albanese and Rosario Albanese, Philip Albanese

FRANK, Circuit Judge.

1. Viewing the facts, as we must, on appeal, most favorably to the prosecution, the evidence showed the following: Philip Albanese was the owner of a profitable truck-loading business at several piers along the Manhattan waterfront. He operated behind a paper wall of false and fictitious records to disguise his own financial interests. The two truckers of fruits and vegetables, who were his sole customers, paid appellant’s fees to a collection agency which, in turn, paid cash to Albanese or his agents. The collection agency maintained no records and those records which…