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UNITED STATES v. GRASSI

No. 85-5403.

783 F.2d 1572 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dante GRASSI, Dominic Santarelli, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 13, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Almon, Miami, Fla., for Grassi.

E. David Rosen, Rosen & Rosen, P.A., Miami, Fla., John B. Anderson, Washington, D.C., for Santarelli.

Stanley Marcus, U.S. Atty., John Phillips, Asst. U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Vincent L. Gambale, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Before HILL and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:

Appellants Grassi and Santarelli appeal their conviction of violating the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 by extorting money from Robert G. Wilson, Richard Gwenn Williams, and Federal Bank and Trust Company, Ltd.

I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE

In mid-1978, Wilson and Williams organized a tax shelter program for United States citizens. This shelter involved the use of off-shore Bahamian corporations and banks. Although it...

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