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Initially, respondent determined that petitioner received
money from the following sources:
Case Amount
Leon $10,000
Montenegro 1,000
Martinez 15,000
Ramos 20,000
Lopez 10,000
Total $56,000
Respondent alleges that the testimony of Cortez, along with
petitioners' bank records, establishes that petitioners
underreported their income in 1986.
At trial, Cortez testified that petitioner received cash
from thefts of drug-tainted money during 1986, including the
following: $10,000 of stolen cash from the Leon case, $15,000 of
stolen cash from the Martinez case, and $10,000 of stolen cash
from the Lopez case. In reference to the Montenegro case, Cortez
testified that he did not recall whether petitioner kept any of
the stolen cash for himself. Cortez stated that he received
$1,000 from petitioner and that petitioner, as the investigating
officer in the Montenegro case, would have determined the share
that the other officers would receive and that petitioner would
usually have kept the largest share for himself. Cortez could
not place a dollar amount on any money received by petitioner
from the Ramos investigation. Cortez testified that he received
two bundles of cash, totaling $20,000, and that petitioner
received two bundles of cash. His estimate that petitioner
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