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Acquittal of Client in Federal Fraud Case
Our client was charged by a federal grand jury in Philadelphia, late in 2002, with a fraud against the Resolution Trust Company allegedly committed in 1992 when the client failed to list certain assets on a financial disclosure statement submitted to the RTC. The government claimed that, in order to prevent the disclosure of certain stocks and real estate holdings, our client secreted those items in a Trust, ostensibly for his minor son, but over which the client exercised complete dominion and control. Implicit in the government�s trial theory was that the Trust was a sham.
Following the indictment, our firm was asked by the client�s New York counsel to assist with the defense. We participated in crafting a variety of pre-trial motions including a Bill of Particulars that forced the government to acknowledge that the Trust was bona fide and was not a sham. This concession played a significant role in the subsequent acquittal of our client since it allowed the Court to find that our client neither owned nor controlled the assets at issue and thus the failure to disclose those assets to the RTC was not fraudulent.
To learn more, download the Findings of Fact (287k TIFF)
Also, you can read the following article in the Bucks County Courier Times.
Katzoff cleared of all charges
By HARRY YANOSHAK
Bucks County Courier Times
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