United States v. Melvin S. Bornstein, United States of America v. Nathan Grossgold

KILEY, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Bornstein and Grossgold were each convicted by a jury under nine countsaof an indictment charging violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 in the use of mail to further a scheme to defraud. Both have appealed. We affirm.

Bornstein and Albert Rosenthal, a “relative” of Bornstein, formed the Whitehall Insurance Company in 1961. In May, 1961, they acquired an inactive insurance company and activated it under the name of Whitehall Mutual Fire and Marine Insurance Company. Born-stein’s brother-in-law, Grossgold, a New York attorney, became claims manager of Whitehall in 1962.…