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RW Professional Leasing Up-Date Jury to be selected for trial on April 12,2004 (6/2002) 40 FBI agents raided the offices and arrested Barry and Rochelle, Roger and Jennifer Drayer. The investigation found $6.5 Million of fraud. Prosecutors said that the company, the RW Professional Leasing Corporation, concocted elaborate schemes using up to 100 rented mailboxes as far away as California to send phony checks, sham invoices, bogus leases and other false documents to banks in various states. Based on those documents, the banks lent RW millions of dollars to buy equipment and lease it out, prosecutors said. The schemes included multiple loans from different banks for the same medical equipment and loans for equipment that was never bought or leased, prosecutors said. (9/03) Defendents on bail, "house confined," with trial to start April 12, 2004. "Status Conference adjourned to 11/14/03 @ 1:30 p.m. before USDJ Spatt. Conference held. Speedy Trial Information on Dfts: Code Type: XT, Start Date: 9/5/03, Stop Date: 4/12/04. Excludable Delay entered on the record. Next Status Conference: 1) Conclude discovery 2) Set motion schedule. Questionnares two weeks before jury selection on 3/30/04. 3/31/04 counsel to pick up questionnaires. 4/6/04 all counsel to agree on jurors who will return for Jury Selection. Jury Selection 4/12/04 @ 9:00 a.m. Consent to Magistrate Judge selecting jury by dfts and govt. No adjournments of Jury Selection date will be granted. Re: Bradley Simon's Letter dated 9/2/03. Govt to move documents to another location and keep boxes (2nd set) for the Courthouse." Last file is a letter: "Ms. Besser is currently subject to a 7:00 p.m. curfew as part of her pre- trial supervision and requests that the curfew be lifted on 10/19/03 so she may participate in a gathering in Manhattan." It appears for the defendents to ask to either/or travel from their home or at certain hours, as they are remanded to their residence with electronic monitors on their ankle. "MINUTE
ENTRY; before USDJ Spatt on 9/5/03 @ 11:30 a.m., for Criminal Cause
for Status Conference as to Dfts Payaddi Shivashankar, Susan Cottrell,
Adam Drayer, Roger Drayer, RW Professional Leasing Services Corp., Rochelle
Besser, Barry Drayer. Dft RW Professional Leasing Services Corp. present
on bail with retained counsel Stuart E. Abrams. Dft Rochelle Besser
present on bail with retained counsel Stuart Abrams. Dft Barry Drayer
present on bail with retain counsel Stephen L. Cohen. Dft Roger Drayer
present on bail with retained counsel Jerald Rosenthal. Dft Adam Drayer
present on bail with retained counsel Thomas Marino. Dft Susan Cottrell
present on bail with retained counsel Jerald Rosenthal. Dft Payaddi
Shivashankar present in custody with CJA counsel Edward Jenks. Govt:
Geoffrey Kaiser. Court Reporter: Harry Rapaport. Case called. Status
Conference adjourned to 11/14/03 @ 1:30 p.m. before USDJ Spatt. Conference
held. Speedy Trial Information on Dfts: Code Type: XT, Start Date: 9/5/03,
Stop Date: 4/12/04. Excludable Delay entered on the record. Next Status
Conference: 1) Conclude discovery 2) Set motion schedule. Questionnaires
two weeks before jury selection on 3/30/04. 3/31/04 counsel to pick
up questionnaires. 4/6/04 all counsel to agree on jurors who will return
for Jury Selection. Jury Selection 4/12/04 @ 9:00 a.m. Consent to Magistrate
Judge selecting jury by dfts and govt. No adjournments of Jury Selection
date will be granted. Re: Bradley Simon's Letter dated 9/2/03. Govt
to move documents to another location and keep boxes (2nd set) for the
Courthouse. Notice of Appearance filed by Jerald Rosenthal for dft #4.
(Coleman, Laurie)" Here
is a three part series on the full story: Take
the Money and Run: Part I: http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/moneyandrun1.htm Part II: http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/moneyandrun2.htm Part III: http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/moneyandrun3.htm Other
Articles on RW Professional Leasing: http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/RW_stories.htm
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