United States v. Ribot

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GERTNER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On February 25, 1998, a four count indictment was returned by a federal grand jury charging Alfredo Ribot (“Ribot”) with embezzlement in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(A) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (Court 1), and with income tax evasion in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201 (Counts 2-4). The embezzlement charge alleges that Ribot wrongfully took $193,092 while working as on-site manager of Marcus Garvey Apartments (“MGA”), employed by Cornu Management Corporation, Inc. (“Cornu”). The income tax evasion charges allege that Ri-bot failed to…