United States v. Anthony Joseph Accardo

KILEY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment, upon a verdict, convicting him, after a trial of nearly nine weeks, on three counts charging violations of § 7206(1) 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. He was sentenced to a total of six years in prison and fined $15,000.00.

Defendant, before 1956, reported income from gambling and undisclosed sources. In February, 1954, the District Director of Internal Revenue wrote him ordéring him to maintain detailed records “from that time forward.” On October 5, 1955, the Director wrote asking him to submit records to support…