And penny stock promoter Al Chalem, found executed gangland style in a New Jersey mansion with associate Maier Lehmann in October, also worked at Goldmen in the early 1990s. Whether Goldmen had mob ties isn't important, prosecutors argue in recent court filings. Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau's Goldmen investigation has netted 36 defendants 17 of them charged with enterprise corruption. Eleven employees of Goldmen's Naples office have been indicted. Two Naples brokers Michael Lamarti and Christopher Brand have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing.
Prosecutors say other defendants have pleaded guilty under seal.
Former Naples broker Duane Taylor the first A.S. Goldmen broker indicted back in November 1998 is on trial in state court in Manhattan. The trial is expected to last through July 12. Two indicted Goldmen brokers charged with enterprise corruption, Stephen Kaplan and John Messina, sat in to watch part of Taylor's trial last week, standing out in the small courtroom with few public spectators. Marchiano, who denies wrongdoing, is expected to go on trial in January, a date pushed back from the fall after a defense attorney withdrew from the case because of conflicts. He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted of enterprise corruption.