Variety Club Tent No. 6 Charities, Inc. - Page 18

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               The Attorney General of Ohio brought a civil suit against              
          petitioner, Zeve, Popovic, and Wilkens on May 11, 1987.  Climaco            
          signed the answer filed on behalf of all four defendants in the             
          civil suit.                                                                 
               The Attorney General settled the civil case with Zeve for              
          $20,000, and received full payment.  The Attorney General settled           
          the civil case with Popovic for $37,5006 but had not received               
          anything on account of the settlement by the time of the trial in           
          the instant case.  The Court of Common Pleas found that Wilkens--           
                    delegated authority to the Defendants Nick Popovic and            
                    Ernest L. Zeve to operate the bingo games on behalf of            
                    the Defendant.  Variety Club Tent No. 6 Charities,                
                    Inc., that he was president of the Defendant; that he             
                    relied on the accuracy of their reports, and that he              
                    was as careful in the discharge of his duties in                  
                    overseeing the operation of the games as any reasonable           
                    president of a sponsoring organization would be under             
                    the circumstances then and there prevailing.                      

          The Court of Common Pleas thereupon rendered judgment for                   
          Wilkens.                                                                    
               As to petitioner, the Court of Common Pleas found that the             
          receipts from the bingo games that petitioner conducted at the              
          Elyria Hall were underreported, and that “the receipts from the             
          games available to be distributed to charity is $131,505”, and              
          ordered petitioner to pay that amount to the Clerk of Courts.               



               6    So stipulated.  The judgment entry in the Court of                
          Common Pleas, filed Dec. 5, 1991, noted the settlements and                 
          ordered Zeve and Popovic each to pay $20,000.                               




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