Operation Greylord Convictions

Operation Greylord Convictions

Date:  11/13/92

 

Name

Position

No. Of Counts/Charges

 

Arguilla, Hugo A.

Attorney

2 filing false tax

 

Barnett, Lee

Attorney

2 Rico, 9 mail fraud

 

Bastianoni, Lebert D.

Attorney

2 aiding and abetting 4-filling false tax

 

Becker, Harlan

          (1 of 2)

Attorney

2-rico, 4-mail fraud 2-false tax

12/18/85

Becker, Harlan

Attorney

1-Rico Conspiracy, 1-rico bribery

10/13/87

Berliant, Jerry B.

Attorney

3-tax

 

Blanco, Gaetano

Deputy Sheriff

T.18,s242 (misd)

6-months probation

Birnbaum, Neal     

          (1 of 2)     

Attorney

2-Rico 3-mail fraud

12/18/85

Birnbaum, Neal

          (2 of 2)

Attorney

1 Rico 10-Hobbs Act Extortion

10/13/87

Blackwood, Ira J.

Police Officer

1-Rico 10-Hobbs Act Extortion

 

Boton, Dale

Attorney

4-failing to file income tax

 

Brady, John W.

Attorney

1-Rico conspiracy, 3-mail fraud, 3- Aiding and abetting

 

Brandstein, Howard

Attorney

2-Rico Conspiracy, 6-mail fraud, 2-Tax failure to pay

 

Braverman, Blair I.

Attorney

1-Rico Conspiracy

 

Burnside, Houston

Attorney

3-Tax

 

Campbell, Bruce L.

Attorney

1-Rico, 1 – tax

 

Canavan, Karl

Attorney

2-filling false tax return

 

Canoff, James T.

Asst. Corp. Counsel

1-Rico Bribery, 18-mail fraud, 1 obstruction

 

Carroll, John Paul

Attorney

3-Tax false filing

 

Conn, Harold

Deputy Clerk Circuit Court

1-Rico, 9- Hobbs

 

Costello, James J.

Attorney

1-Rico, 23-mail fraud

 

Daniels, Robert

   (1 of 2)

Attorney

2-Rico, 5-mail fraud, 2-tax

2-17-87

Daniels, Robert

Attorney

1-Rico bribery, 1-Rico Conspiracy

10/27/88

Davino, Vincent

Attorney

2-Rico, 4-mail fraud

 

Delbeccaro, Thomas F.

Attorney

2-mail fraud

 

Deleo, James A.

State Rep.   

1-filing false statement

 

Devine, John J

Judge

1-Rico, 25-Hobbs Act Extortion, 21 mail fraud

15-years 12-18-84 deceased

Dineff, David C.

Attorney

1-Rico Conspiracy

Acquitted

Dineff, Louis C.

Attorney

1 Rico Bribery, 1-Rico Conspiracy

plea

Gardner, Thurman

Attorney

4-tax

 

Glecier, Daniel P

Judge

1-Rico Conspiracy

6 yrs, 50K fine

Goldstein, Richard H.

Attorney

1-Rico Conspiracy, 1-tax

 

Gonzales, Alphonse C.

Attorney

1-Racketeering, 5-extortion, 1-Obstruction, 1-perjury, 2-failure to file tax, 1- tax false return

 

Hardin, Al

Deputy Sheriff

2-Rico, 1 Tax false

deceased

Hegarty, James

Police Officer

1-tax

 

Hernandez, Tony

Deputy Sheriff

1-Rico Bribery, 1-Hobbs Act Extortion

 

Hogan, Martin F.

Judge

1-Rico Bribery, 1-Rico Consp., 3-filling false tax

10 yrs, 5 yrs probation

Holzer, Reginald J.

Judge

1-Rico, 4-Hobbs Act Extortion, 34-mail fraud

18 yrs, reduced to 13

Hutson, Paul

Deputy Sheriff

1-tax false statement

 

Jaffe, Harry

Attorney

2-Rico-1Bribery and 1 conspiracy, 9 mail fraud

 

Kampanega, William H.

Attorney

2-filing false income tax return

 

Kangalos, Thomas G.

Attorney

1-Rico, 5- Hobbs Act, 1-Obstruction

FUGITIVE

Kanter, Melvin

Attorney

1-Rico Bribery

 

Kaplan, Edward

Attorney

3 Tax

 

Kaye, Alan

Cook County Dep. Sheriff

1-Rico, 1-mail fraud, 6-Hobbs Act Corruption of Public Officials

 

Kohn, Jerome

Deputy Sheriff

2-Rico, 2-mail fraud, 2- tax false statement

 

Kulerski, Paul G.

Attorney

2-false tax statements

 

LaPalombella, Mick

Clerk

1-tax

 

Laurie, John G.

Judge

1-Rico, 3-Hobbs Act Extortion

Acquitted

LeFevour, James

Chicago Police Officer

3-tax

 

LeFevour, Richard F.

Judge

1-Rico (predicate Acts), 66-mail fraud, 5-tax

12 years

Lemanski, Henry F.

Clerk

2-obst. of  justice

 

Lindeman, Gregory S.

CBA Clerk

2-failing to file

 

Maher, Francis J., Sr.

Judge

1-Rico Bribery 1-Rico Conspiracy

Acquittal 10/04/88

Mann, Bernard M.

Attorney

1-Rico Bribery 1-tax

 

McCarron, James A.

Attorney

3-filing false statement

 

McCauslin, Arthur

Chicago Police Off.

2-tax

 

McLain, Lawrence

Chicago Police Off.

2-tax

 

McCollom, John H.

Judge

1-Rico Bribery, 18 mail fraud, 2-tax

11 Yrs., 5 yrs. Probation

McDermott, Joseph E.

Attorney

1-Rico Bribery, 1 filling false return

 

McDonnell, John J.

Judge

1-Rico Bribery, 2-Hobbs, 1- obst, 3-tax

8-23-89 – 6 years

McNulty, Michael E.

Judge

3-filing false tax

2-2-88 –3 yrs, 3-years probation, 600hrs comm. serv. $15K fine

Meczyk, Ralph E.

Attorney

4-tax false statement, 2-aiding & abetting

 

Messinger, Jay T.

Attorney

1-mail fraud

 

Mirabella, Frank

Deputy Sheriff

2-Rico, 1-false

 

Murphy, John M.

Judge

1 Rico, 7-Hobbs, 16 Mail Fraud. Influence Disposition of Criminal Cases

8-8-84 – 10yrs, 10 yrs, 5 yrs. (to run concurrently)

Noland, James E.

Attorney

1-Rico Bribery, 1 tax

 

Nydam, Edward E.

Attorney

1-mail Fraud

 

Oakey, James

   (1 of 2)

Attorney

2-Rico, 11-fraud, 4-tax

5-15-87,

Oakey, James

  (2 of 2)

Attorney

1-Rico Consp., 1-Rico Bribery

2-01-89 Plead

Olson, Wayne W.

Judge

1-Rico Bribery, 23-Hobbs Act, 32-mail Fraud

12 years, 5 yrs. Probation, 35K fine

Pezzopane, Richard J.

Attorney

1-Rico Consp., 4 Plea mail fraud

 

Phillips, John G.

Attorney

1-Hobbs Act Extortion

Acquittal

Polikoff, Cary N.

Attorney

2-mail fraud

 

Reilly, William F.

Attorney

1-Rico Bribery, 1 false tax statement

 

Reynolds, John F.

 (1 of 2)

Judge

2-Rico, 1-Consp., 1-Bribery, 25 mail fraud, 6-Hobbs Act, 3-false tax

7-31-86, 10-years, 33K fine

Reynolds, John F.

Judge

2- Perjury

4-27-88, 2yrs., 2yrs Probation

Robinson, Lucius

   (1 of 2)

Deputy Sheriff

1-false claim against gov’t

3-30-88

Robinson, Lucius

  (2 of 2)

Deputy Sheriff

2-perjury

 

Rosenbloom, Mark

Attorney

2-filling a false tax

 

Roth, Bruce

Attorney

2-Rico Bribery, 2-Hobbs Act-Extor., 8-mail fraud, 1-obstr.

 

Ruben, Steve

Deputy Sheriff

1-tax

 

Ryan, Patrick

Deputy Sheriff

1-Rico, 1 tax false statement

 

Schachter, Martin

Attorney

1-mail fraud

 

Seaman, Roger

Judge

2-mail fraud, 1 tax

5-yrs-reduced to 4, 2yrs probation

Smoluch, Walter J. Jr.

Atty-Asst Corp Cnsl

2-tax

 

Sodini, Raymond

Judge

2-Rico, 26-mail fraud, 1-tax

8 yrs., 5-yrs. Probation, 750 hrs Community service

Solomon, Frederic

Attorney

4-tax false

 

Trunzo, James

Police Officer

1-Rico, 6-Hobbs-Extortion, 2-tax

 

Trunzo, James

 (2 of 2)

Police Officer

1-Rico, 5-Hobbs, 2-tax

10-19-84

Vandigo, Norman A.

Attorney

2-false statements

 

Ward, John J.

Attorney

2-mail fraud

Overturned

Wertz, Phillip

Attorney

1-Rico Consp., 3-mail fraud

 

Wexler, I. Bruce

Attorney

2-tax filing false

 

Wolfson, Dean S.

Attorney

1-Rico Bribery, 4-mail fraud

 

Worsek, Earnest

Realtor

1-Rico Consp., 10-mail fraud, 1-tax

 

Yasak, Joseph A.

Police Officer

1-perjury

 

Yokas, Nick

Deputy Sheriff

1-tax

 

Yonan, Cyrus Jr.

Attorney

1-Rico Bribery, 8-mail fraud, 3-rico Bribery, 8 mail fraud

 

Zimmerman, Arthur

Attorney

2-filing false tax

 

 

 

18 USCA 1951 - The Hobbs Act *

 

(a) Whoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by ROBBERY or EXTORTION or attempts or CONSPIRES so to do, or commits or threatens physical violence to any person or property in furtherance of a plan or purpose to do anything in violation of this section shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. * (b) As used in this section - + (1) The term ''robbery'' means the unlawful taking or OBTAINING of personal property from the person or in the presence of another, AGAINST HIS WILL, by means of actual or threatened force, or violence, or FEAR OF INJURY, immediate or future, to his PERSON or property, or property in his custody or possession, or the person or property of a relative or member of his family or of anyone in his company at the time of the taking or OBTAINING. + (2) The term ''extortion'' means the obtaining of PROPERTY from another, WITH HIS CONSENT, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or FEAR, or under color of official right. + (3) The term ''commerce'' means commerce within the District of Columbia, or any Territory or Possession of the United States; all commerce between any point in a State, Territory, Possession, or the District of Columbia and any point outside thereof; all commerce between points within the same State through any place outside such State; and all other commerce over which the United States has jurisdiction. [Leaving the simple meaning of commerce: the exchange of goods and services, to be understood. There is no indication in the statutory language that the underlying simple meaning of "commerce" or that specifically define in paragraph (b)(3) should be necessarily be construed on a large scale.] - wch * (c) This section shall not be construed to repeal, modify or affect section 17 of Title 15, sections 52, 101-115, 151-166 of Title 29 or sections 151-188 of Title 45.

 

 


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