In re Barone

OPINION OF THE COURT

On June 22, 1989, the respondent was found guilty, upon a *105jury verdict, of knowingly making false material declarations to a Federal Grand Jury in violation of 18 USC § 1623 (two counts) and knowingly attempting to evade and defeat income taxes in violation of 26 USC § 7201. On September 29, 1989, the respondent was sentenced to three concurrent terms of three years’ imprisonment and fined $10,000 and a special assessment of $150.

The Federal felony of knowingly making false declarations before a Grand Jury in violation of 18 USC § 1623 is essentially similar to New York…