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business proposition to present to him. Before this phone call
from Kanter, Schaffel had never met Kanter in person, and he had
spoken to Kanter only once on the phone several years earlier.
Schaffel, Transcr. at 379-380. Kanter invited Schaffel to meet
for further discussions over dinner at a New York City
restaurant. He further told Schaffel that Ballard and Lisle, two
friends of Kanter, would also be joining them for dinner.
Schaffel accepted Kanter’s invitation. In addition to learning
more about the potential business opportunity that Kanter had
mentioned, Schaffel was eager to meet and socialize with Ballard
and Lisle, as he knew that they were senior Prudential real
estate executives.
During the dinner, no business involving Prudential was
discussed by Kanter, Ballard, Lisle, and Schaffel. Although
Prudential business may not have been discussed at the dinner,
Lisle recognized that Kanter’s motivation for arranging the
dinner was to see whether Schaffel might be able to do business
with Prudential in the future. Exh. 2030, at 24. During the
dinner, Kanter asked whether Schaffel would be interested in
arranging the financing for a casino hotel to be built in
Atlantic City, New Jersey. Prudential was not involved in the
casino project. When Schaffel expressed interest, Kanter told
Schaffel that, in return for Kanter’s assistance to Schaffel in
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