United States v. Charles Novak

EATON, Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Charles Novak (“Novak”) appeals from a January 7, 2005 judgment of conviction entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Trager, J.) following a jury trial. Novak was found guilty of offenses related to his position as a union official, including the unlawful receipt of labor payments (29 U.S.C. § 186(b)(1) (2000)), making false statements under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) (18 U.S.C. § 1027 (2000)), mail fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1341 (2000)), money laundering (18 U.S.C. § 1956(a) (2000)), racketeering…