Legal Opinion
United States v. Oscar Porcelli
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 11, 1989No. 813, 814, Dockets 87-1440, 87-1451PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Chief Judge:
Oscar Porcelli appeals a conviction on sixty-one counts of mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (1982), and one count of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) (1982). These acts all relate to the filing of a series of — some one hundred — fraudulent New York State sales tax returns with respect to sales at twelve retail gasoline stations owned in whole or in part by Por-celli or one of his corporations. After a jury trial before Charles P. Sifton, Judge, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York,…
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