| Murdered
Loan Shark's Children Seek to Collect On
His Loans But EDNY Chief Judge Has
Questions
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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EDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 3 - In the U.S.
District Court for the Eastern
District of New York on
January 3, an oral argument
was held by Chief Judge Margo
K. Brodie on questions
including whether the children
of a murdered loan shark
should be able to collect on
his loans.
The answers
seemed to be "no" - but Judge
Brodie gave the prosecutors a
week to turn in a letter brief
addressing the issues.
Inner City Press
covers the EDNY and SDNY
courthouses. Related
Mag Court live-tweeted
thread (more on Patreon
here)
vlog here
Here was the set
up: Anthony Pandrella, alleged
Gambino crime family
associate, convicted of the
murder and robbery of Vincent
Zito in Brooklyn. Zito’s
adult children are seeking
restitution for the $50,000 in
luxury watches and $750,000
stolen by Pandrella from the
victim, $1 million of loans
made by Zito which had not
been re-paid or collected at
the time of his murder, and
$60,000 for the cost of
maintenance and upkeep of
Zito’s house in Brooklyn.
Here was Inner
City Press' live tweeted thread:
Pandrella's
lawyer: The loan could be
pursued by the estate, but not
under the victim statute.
Assistant US
Attorney: The victim did not
charge for these watches,
which proves that some of the
$750,000 came from his loan
sharking proceeds.
Judge:
Explain the connection between
the $750,000 and the watches,
how it shows a link to the
loan sharking. The trial
testimony showed the victim
was a loan shark, the
borrowers had to repay. I
don't see how you can argue
the some was not loan
sharking?
Judge: The Second
Circuit has ruled that
District Courts are not in the
business of ordering
restitution of the proceeds of
illegal conduct.
Defense
lawyer still going...
Proceeding just
ended. Judge asks prosecutors
for a letter brief in a week:
issues include relevant
conduct vs crime of
conviction. Extends
restitution time for another
90 days
The case is
US V. PANDRELLA, 19-cr-122
(EDNY - Brodie)
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