(DOWNLOAD) "United States v. Alessi" by Second Circuit United States Court Of Appeals " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: United States v. Alessi
- Author : Second Circuit United States Court Of Appeals
- Release Date : January 06, 1980
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 76 KB
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The eight appellants, Alessi, Carcone, Colagrande, Ferrara, Jesselli, Margro, Martelli and Peraino, were among 17 individuals1 indicted in the District Court for the Eastern District of New York on charges of conspiring to use stolen airline credit cards to obtain airline tickets in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 1644(a) (Count One), which makes it unlawful for any person to use or conspire to use a stolen credit card to obtain money, goods, services or anything else of value.2 Appellants were also charged with conspiring under 18 U.S.C. § 3713 to violate 15 U.S.C. § 1644(e)4, which makes it a crime for a person knowingly to use or sell for interstate or foreign transportation tickets which have been purchased or obtained by use of lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained credit cards (Count Two). Various appellants were also charged with substantive violations of 15 U.S.C. § 1644(e). All eight were convicted of both conspiracy counts and of related substantive counts after a jury trial before Judge Eugene H. Nickerson.5 Judgment was entered on February 1, 1980. We affirm. Viewed most favorably to the Government, the proof showed a scheme, involving numerous persons, to use lost or stolen airline credit cards to obtain airline tickets which would then be sold for cash at prices substantially below their face value. The credit cards were United Air Travel Plan ""Q"" cards (Q cards), a type of card issued by airlines to certain businesses and their executives. It permits the holder to make multiple purchases of tickets in any passenger name or names, with no maximum monetary limit.