| Brooklyn Man
of Many Case Herman Segal Talks Tax Plea
and Health Condition in EDNY
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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EDNY COURTHOUSE,
August 19 – There
was a tax evasion prosecution
case against Herman Segal
heard on August 19 and Inner
City Press covered
it.
U.S.
District Court for the Eastern
District of New York Chief
Judge Margo K. Brodie was
presiding. In this case,
brought under then Acting US
Attorney Seth D. DuCharme,
Segal was indicted for hiding
some $600,000 from the sale of
432 West 163 Street in
Manhattan.
But it is not
Herman Segal's only case.
From the New York
State system: "On April 6,
1987, the defendant's brother
was murdered. At the time of
his death, the deceased was
involved in divorce
proceedings with his wife and
this caused some acrimony
between the deceased's family
and his wife's family. The two
leading suspects in the murder
of the defendant's brother
were the father and
brother-in-law of the wife of
the defendant's brother, but
there was not enough evidence
to justify their arrests.
Frustrated with the failure of
the authorities to effect an
arrest for the murder of his
brother, the defendant in
April 1988 conspired with his
own brother-in-law, David
Simon, to murder the father of
the deceased's wife. Later, in
June 1988 the defendant and
Simon added the brother-in-law
of the deceased's wife to the
list of potential victims,
agreeing that "if they [the
victims] could both be taken
down together then that would
be good." The most damning
piece of evidence against the
defendant was a tape-recorded
conversation between him and
Simon, who had previously been
arrested and had agreed to
wear a recording device. That
conversation revealed the
details of the plans which
involved hiring two hitmen
engaged by Simon. (The hitmen
were, in fact, two undercover
police officers.)" See, PEOPLE
v. HERMAN SEGAL 570 N.Y.S.2d
163 (1991).
Segal, then a lawyer, was
subsequently disbarred:
"Matter of Segal Opinion June
4, 1990. On December 1, 1989,
the respondent was convicted
in the Supreme Court, Kings
County, upon a jury verdict,
of conspiracy in the second
degree (two counts) in
violation of Penal Law §
105.15, a class B
felony. Pursuant to
Judiciary Law § 90 (4), the
respondent ceased to be
an attorney and
counselor-at-law upon his
conviction of a felony.
Accordingly, the petitioner's
motion is granted. The
respondent is disbarred, and
his name is stricken from the
roll of attorneys and
counselors-at-law, effective
immediately."
The EDNY
tax case indictment does not
reference this history of
Segal. We hope going forward
to be able to seek and obtain
from the EDNY Public
Information Office such
connective information; we are
working on that.
On August
19, the EDNY Assistant US
Attorney said they are nearing
a disposition without trial,
and also cited Segal's health
without further detail.
To give time for
the plea or other disposition
talks, Chief Judge Brodie set
the matter over for October 7
at 11:30 am, with Speedy Trial
Act time excluded.
The case is US v.
Segal,
20-cr-00551(MKB)(CLP)
And again on yesterday's
Inner City Press EDNY report,
here via EDNYnews' Spokesman
John Marzulli who answered on
that (but not yet other
questions or requests, though
it may be soon) is an executed
plea agreement in that other
case, to 60 months, here.
We would be seeking the same
on Segal.
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