United States v. Cuong Gia Le

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

In this seven defendant multi-count RICO 1 prosecution, defendants seek threshold dismissal of certain counts of the Indictment as legally insufficient. Specifically, defendants’ dismissal motions raise the following questions concerning the adequacy of the Indictment:(i) whether counts charging racketeering in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1962 must allege continuity of, and relationship between, the alleged racketeering acts;(ii) whether counts charging that defendants committed acts in aid of racketeering activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1959 must set…