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gasoline from the Tonawanda, New York, refinery and tank and
storage facility of Ashland Oil, Inc.
On April 14, 1983, Gleave pleaded guilty in United States
District Court for the Western District of New York to two of
these counts: (1) Wire fraud, and (2) embezzlement and theft.
Also, on this date Kenmore (through Gleave) pleaded guilty to
embezzlement and theft. The theft of gasoline occurred on
various occasions between July 1981 and January 1982. Gleave
stole the gasoline on at least 7 different days, loading
Kenmore’s tanker-trucks with the stolen gasoline, three to four
times on each of the days. Gleave then drove the trucks to the
Kenmore location (or perhaps the Sheridan location), unloaded the
gasoline, and then sold the gasoline at retail in the normal
course of Kenmore’s business. Gleave or Kenmore made a profit of
about $120,000 on this stolen gasoline.
The other counts of the indictments were dismissed. Gleave
was sentenced for the crimes to which he pleaded guilty, to 5
years’ imprisonment and to pay fines totaling $6,000. The record
does not indicate what sentence was imposed on Kenmore.
On February 22, 1990, Gleave was indicted by a Federal grand
jury on numerous counts including bankruptcy fraud.
On March 2, 1992, Gleave was found guilty in the United
States District Court for the Western District of New York of
bankruptcy fraud, in that Gleave knowingly and fraudulently
concealed from the Trustee and other officers of the Court, and
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