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Barry Levenstam, Chicago, IL (Jenner & Block, Jeffrey T. Shaw, Daniel Lynch, Gary A. Hood, of Counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.
David C. Burger, New...
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- Black Agents & Brokers Agency, Inc., Milton Ward, Melvin Ward, in Their Capacity as Shareholders and Officers of Black Agents & Brokers Agency, Inc., Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Near North Insurance Brokerage, Inc., Majestic Star Casino, Llc, Trump Indiana, Inc., Et Al., Defendants-Appellees., 409 F.3d 833 (7th Cir. 2005)
Douglas M. Grimes (argued), Gary, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Lisa P. Conlon, Latham & Watkins, Chicago, IL, Glenn Ronaldson (argued), Ronaldson &...
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A widely followed case, USA v. Michael Segal and Near North Insurance Brokerage Inc, vividly illustrates that money held in trust can be used for only one purpose-payment of premiums for which it was originally delivered. An Illinois broker and his brokerage were charged with 27 counts of racketeering, mail and wire fraud, making false statements, embezzlement and conspiring to impede the Internal Revenue Service. A jury returned guilty verdicts on 26 counts, but a federal district court granted acquittals on seven of the counts, affirming the convictions on the remaining 19. Finally, the broker argued that the forfeiture violated the excessive fines clause of the US Constitution. The appeals court noted that in US v. Bajakajian (524 US 321, 334 (1998)), the US Supreme Court held that a...
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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 1995--Mike B. McAllister has been named president of the entertainment and communications division of Near Nort...
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Prosecutors rest case in Segal trial
CHICAGO - Prosecutors ended their case against Michael Segal after nearly six weeks of testimony with an accountant who said he warned the insurance tycoon that Near North Insurance Brokerage Inc.'s premium trust fund carried a deficit.
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..., he was the one hundred-percent owner of Near North National Group, Inc. ("NNNG"), which, in tur... the sole owner of Near North Insurance Brokerage, Inc. ("NNIB"), which held a one hundred-percent i...
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...111.2 6.4 5250 Lankershim Blvd. 3.5 North Hollywood 91601 3.0 sadasystems.com 26 Altour (50)... El Segundo 90245 neogov.com 73 Montage insurance 38.9 25.0 Solutions (18) 21.5 22110 Clarendon St.,... precious metal 1801 Century Park East, brokerage house 25th Floor Los Angeles 90067 aurumadvisors.c... and 4751 Wilshire Blvd., servicing of near- Suite 110 prime to subprime Los Angeles 90010 aut...
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...MICHAEL SEGAL and NEAR NORTH. INSURANCE BROKERAGE, INC.,. ...
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From Associated Press, Bloomberg News and New York Times reports
...The jury that convicted Chicago insurance mogul Michael Segal of racketeering and fraud reco... $30 million and 60% of his interest in Near North Insurance Brokerage Inc. Copyright 2004 Jour...
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CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced former insurance mogul Michael "Mickey" Segal to 10 years in prison for siphoning money from his brokerage firm, calling Segal "mean- spirited, immoral and unethical.
In court, Segal said he was remorseful but didn't believe he had done anything wrong.
... million from a premium trust account at his Near North Insurance Brokerage Inc. and used the money ...