New York Paralegal Blog

Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, George Speranza, the operator of a marketing company that created and published Internet websites, pleaded guilty to a perjury charge and admitted that he gave false testimony before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with the SEC’s investigation of Spongetech Delivery Systems, Inc. When sentenced by United States District Judge Dora L. Irizarry, Speranza faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison. The guilty plea was announced by Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. As alleged in a superseding indictment and other court filings by the government, between approximately January 2007 and May 2010, the chief officers of Spongetech, together with others, executed a fraudulent scheme to (a) publicly report false and materially overstated sales figures to create artificial demand for, and increase the share price and trading volume of, Spongetech common stock; (b) iss...

WOBURN – A former gym owner has been sentenced after being found guilty of perjury in connection with his sworn Grand Jury testimony in a case involving a gymnastics coach who raped and assaulted former gymnasts, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone informed the public today. Stephen DiTullio, 57, of Littleton, was found guilty yesterday by a jury in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn on a charge of perjury. Today, Middlesex Superior Court Judge S. Jane Haggerty sentenced the defendant to two years in Billerica House of Corrections, with one year to serve and the balance suspended for two years with the conditions that he has no direct or indirect contact with any witnesses, complete 300 hours of community service, and does not have any contact with children under the age of 18. “This defendant has been found guilty for providing false statements during an investigation that involved the rape and sexual assaults on young women by their Coach,” District Attorney Leone said. “DiT...

DC Attorney Charged For Manufacturing Evidence, Witness Tampering: MyFoxDC.com WASHINGTON – A seven-count federal indictment was unsealed today in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia charging a Washington, D.C., criminal defense attorney and two criminal investigators for their alleged roles in a scheme to obstruct an ongoing criminal case, including, among other things, manufacturing evidence and tampering with a witness, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. Attorney Charles F. Daum, 64, of Arnold, Md., and investigators Daaiyah Pasha, 60, of Washington, D.C., and Iman Pasha, 31, of Springfield, Va., each were charged with one count of conspiring to corruptly influence a juror. Daum was also charged with three counts of influencing a juror, one count of tampering with a witness and two counts of inducing perjury. According to the indictment, the charges resulted from Daum’s representation of Delante White...