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matters and corporate counsel to PI. Miller knew a number of
attorneys, accountants, and business executives, some of whom
were involved in the plastics industry. Miller put petitioner in
contact with John D. Bambara (Bambara), whom petitioner had known
since 1976, Raymond Grant (Grant), and Harris W. Freedman
(Freedman).
Bambara is the president of PI,2 a closely held corporation
that manufactures thermoplastic and other types of packaging
machinery. PI holds itself out as the world's largest
manufacturer of blister packaging machinery and as fabricating
the industry's widest line of thermoforming machinery, including
highly specialized disposable medical and food packaging systems.
PI also manufactures the Sentinel polyethylene (EPE) and
polystyrene (EPS) recyclers, which recycle expanded polyethylene
and expanded polystyrene, respectively.
Grant is a New York investment banker, attorney, and
accountant. Grant is president of ECI, as well as the 100-
percent owner of its stock.
Freedman is a certified public accountant in New York and is
also the president and chairman of the board of F&G Corp..3
2 Bambara, together with his wife and daughter, owns 100-
percent of the stock of PI. Bambara is also the president,
director, and 100-percent owner of FMEC Corp.
3 F&G Corp. was organized in 1979 as an S Corp. and was
originally owned equally by Grant and Freedman. In the early
1980's, Miller reorganized F&G as a subchapter C Corp. to act as
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