United States v. Maroun

MEMORANDUM

TAURO, District Judge.

Defendants, Alfred Maroun and Maroun Bros., Inc., were charged in a four-count indictment with “structuring” deposits so as to evade federal reporting requirements that attach to currency transactions in excess of $10,000. Defendants are alleged to have taken $75,000 from a confidential informant and an undercover government agent in May, 1987 for the purpose of laundering these funds. This, the government contends, was accomplished by defendants breaking the lump sum into amounts under $10,000. Defendant Maroun, individually, is alleged to have followed a…