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796 A.2d 245
    IN THE MATTER OF GENE PIERO BELARDI, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW.
    May 13, 2002.
   ORDER

The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 01-344, concluding that GENE PIERO BELAR-DI of STERLING, VIRGINIA, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1976, and who was temporarily suspended from the practice of law on February 2, 2001, pursuant to Rule 1:20 — 13(b), should be suspended from the practice of law for a period of eighteen months on the basis of his guilty plea to a federal information charging him with knowingly and wilfully making false statements to the Federal Communications Commission, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. 1001, conduct that violates RPC 8.4(b)(commis-sion of a criminal act that reflects adversely on his honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer) and RPC 8.4(c)(conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation), and good cause appearing;

It is ORDERED that GENE PIERO BELARDI is suspended from the practice of law for a period of eighteen months and until the further Order of the Court, retroactive to February 2, 2001; and it is further

ORDERED that the entire record of this matter be made a permanent part of respondent’s file as an attorney at law of this State; and it is further

ORDERED that respondent be restrained and enjoined from practicing law during the period of suspension and that respondent comply with Rule 1:20-20; and it is further

ORDERED that respondent reimburse the Disciplinary Oversight Committee for appropriate administrative costs incurred in the prosecution of this matter.