| Brooklyn Man
of Many Case Herman Segal Switched Name of
Mother amid Talk of Tax Plea
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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ESDNY COURTHOUSE,
August 24 – There
was a tax evasion prosecution
case against Herman Segal
heard on August 19 and Inner
City Press covered it - then a
civil case on August 24.
On August
19, 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."
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.
On August 24 in
the Southern District of New
York where it is based, Inner
City Press covered a civil
case between insurance company
at which Segal, and this EDNY
case, came up.
United States
Life Insurance Company says
that in January 12, 2006,
Herman Segal applied for
insurance on the life of his
mother, Lilly Segal. Later he
changed her name to Sprinta
Berger, and changed her Social
Security number. She was dead.
On August 24,
Judge Edgardo Ramos asked
about the EDNY criminal case
but neither side knew the
status. Inner City Press did,
see above. But perhaps the
cases will synch up. An SDNY
case management conference is
set for February 24, 2023 at
10 am.
The EDNY case is
US v. Segal,
20-cr-00551(MKB)(CLP)
The SDNY case is
United
States Life
Insurance
Company in the
City of New
York v.
Wilmington
Trust, N.A., 22-cv-902
(Ramos)
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