A federal judge found there’s not enough evidence to prove a real estate lawyer used his firm for alleged racketeering activities, calling his use of standard office supplies “incidental.”
“While Abraham Mordowitz may have been able to use [his firm's] resources solely by virtue of his position at the law firm, the use of those resources was not indispensable to the alleged racketeering activities,” U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken wrote. The judge added the “resources allegedly involved are as ubiquitous and commonplace as a fax machine and a mail drop.”
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