United States v. Weinberg

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.

Defendant is named in a sixteen-count superseding indictment. Count One charges that defendant violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c), by conducting the affairs of an enterprise — his real estate business — through a pattern of racketeering. Seven predicate acts of racketeering are alleged.

The first four predicate acts arise from defendant’s ownership of a building at 123-25 82nd Avenue, Kew Gardens, Queens, New York. The First Act of Racketeering charges defendant with employing various…