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Ron Gelfman Associates is not known in the local jewelry
industry, and the name is not in the IRS computer database for
the greater New York area by either name or employee
identification number (EIN). The Social Security number for Ron
Gelfman on the Trust Co. signature card has never been used on
any Federal tax return filed in the New York/New Jersey
metropolitan area.3
B. Faleck & Margolies, Inc.
F&M operated a retail jewelry division known as "Designs by
Maurice" during the years in question. Occasionally, Maurice
Goldstein, the employee of F&M who operated "Designs by Maurice",
would write receipts on F&M invoices for its retail sales of
personal jewelry.
Petitioner had a close relationship with F&M. Petitioner,
prior to organizing Renaissance, worked with F&M as a contractor,
setting and manufacturing jewelry for F&M. F&M also bought
jewelry items from petitioner. After forming Renaissance,
petitioner continued to do business with F&M, purchasing jewelry
items from F&M until 1985.
3 A Ron Gelfman testified at the criminal trial of Francis
LaMagra. Mr. Gelfman, who lived on the West Coast at the time of
his testimony, testified that he did not have a bank account at
the Trust Co. and that the Social Security number on the account
was not his. He also testified that he was acquainted with
petitioner from high school days, but that he had not seen or
heard from petitioner in over 15 years.
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