In re Goldstein

Respondent was admitted to practice in the Second Judicial Department on October 20, 1954. Respondent, who is also a certified public accountant and a former Internal Revenue Agent, is charged with making payments from I960 to 1963 of from $50 to $1,600 to at least 60 employees of the Internal Revenue Service of the United States, who were assigned to audit his clients. He admitted paying gratuities to approximately 30 agents.

Respondent, who was arrested on the basis of a single charge of a $50 payment to an undercover agent, contrary to the advice of his then counsel and other friends and…