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Grant were clients of the accounting firm H.W. Freedman & Co.
(Freedman & Co.).
Harris W. Freedman (Freedman), a certified public accountant
and the name partner in Freedman & Co., was the president and
chairman of the board of F&G Corp. Freedman was experienced with
leveraged leasing, and he owned 94 percent of a Sentinel EPE
recycler.
Freedman & Co. prepared the tax returns for ECI Corp., F&G
Corp., and Clearwater. It also provided tax services to John D.
Bambara (Bambara). Bambara was the 100-percent owner of FMEC
Corp., as well as its president, treasurer, clerk, and director.
Bambara was also the president of PI and a member of its board of
directors. He, his wife, and his daughter also owned (directly
or indirectly) 100 percent of the stock of PI. Bambara purchased
one Sentinel EPE recycler.
Anthony Giovannone (Giovannone) was the executive vice
president of PI and a member of its board of directors.
Giovannone purchased a 15-percent interest in a Sentinel EPE
recycler. Elliot I. Miller (Miller) was the corporate counsel to
PI. In 1981, Miller was also a shareholder of F&G Corp.
John Y. Taggert (Taggert) was a well-known tax attorney and
an adjunct professor at the New York University Law School.
Taggert had been acquainted with Miller for about 15 years before
1981. Miller recommended that Roberts employ Taggert and his
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