Opinion ID: 588111
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: 26 Bowery and Chinese Moon

Text: 8 The government possessed confidential information that Eng was President of Chinese Moon Palace Restaurant, Inc., located in the 26 Bowery building in New York City. Interdonato performed a title search on the 26 Bowery building and discovered that the building had been sold in December 1986, by a corporation called 26 Bowery Corp., to a corporation called Bowery Mansion, Inc. The title search also revealed that the selling corporation's attorney was Ronald De Petris, Esq., and that Eng was President of Bowery Mansion. Interdonato then obtained the certificate of incorporation and tax returns for Bowery Mansion, and the corporate tax returns for Chinese Moon, which confirmed much of the foregoing information. The Chinese Moon tax returns listed a bank account at National Westminster Bank. Interdonato subpoenaed National Westminster Bank for Chinese Moon account records, obtaining monthly statements and information on deposits. These documents showed that cashier's checks, totalling $140,000 and issued by Hang Seng Bank, had been deposited to Chinese Moon's account in June and September of 1987. Through the government's Treasury Enforcement Communication System, Interdonato further learned of two large cash deposits of $20,000 and $12,000 to Chinese Moon's account.