- 7 -7
pursuant to a warrant. On August 30, 1990, Mr. Zaban pled guilty
in the District Court of Baltimore to conspiracy to gamble.
On September 21, 1990, Messrs. Zaban and Neumyer were arrested
in the parking lot of the Quality Inn Motel in Towson, Maryland,
and charged with illegal wagering on a baseball and a football
game, and conspiracy to gamble. The Government, however, did not
pursue the charges.
On or about June 25, 1992, the U.S. Attorney for the District
of Maryland filed a four-count information charging Mr. Zaban with
illegal gambling and bookmaking, money laundering, bank fraud, and
tax evasion (for 1989 only). Mr. Zaban pled guilty to each count
as part of a plea bargain with the U.S. Attorney's Office, and
judgment was entered by the U.S. District Court for the District of
Maryland on October 27, 1992. The plea agreement also included a
stipulation that Mr. Zaban had engaged in skimming cash from the
Parlay Cafe.
Mr. Zaban's accountant, Mr. Fidati, also pled guilty to
assisting in the preparation and filing of a false tax return by
failing to report the income from the illegal bookmaking and
gambling activities, as well as the income skimmed from the Parlay
Cafe.
1. Illegal Gambling and Bookmaking
Pursuant to the Federal information to which Mr. Zaban pled
guilty in October 1992, Mr. Zaban admitted that from May 1, 1986,
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
Last modified: May 25, 2011