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| International Cigarette Trade | 2011-11-07 | Hochberg Trial Lawyers has been retained in connection with charges stemming from the investigation of an alleged organized crime group importing counterfeit cigarettes and chemicals. The investigation took place over a period of 2 years. Law enforcement followed shipments from China to North America.
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| Assault Resist Arrest | 2011-07-21 | | Our client was charged with obstructing police and assault police while resisting arrest. This case went to trial on July 21, 2011. The police officers testified that our client was detained at a traffic stop, became uncooperative and then initiated a struggle with the police during an arrest. After a trial in Brampton, Ontario our client was acquitted of all charges. |
| Project Develop - Criminal Organization | 2011-05-21 | Lenny Hochberg and Anthony Marchetti represented Mehrdad "Juicey" Bahman at a 7 month jury trial before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The case involved a Biker Enforcement Unit investigation wherein a paid police agent and full patch member of the Hells Angels was directed to involve himself in criminal activity with his fellow members. the jury aqcuitted all accused of being in a criminal organization.
Toronto Sun Article: http://snurl.com/2kdhtl
Exerpt of Lenny's closing submission to the jury: http://snurl.com/2kfbk2
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| Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Cocaine/ Gun charges | 2008-10-29 | | On October 2, 2008, Toronto Police Officers executed a search warrant at a self storage facility in Toronto. The Police reported that during the search they located a large quantity of cocaine, a .45 calibre handgun and a Ferrari F355 Spider. Hochberg Trial Lawyers represented the accused person who had been accessing the storage locker. We conducted a bail hearing and our client was released. We then examined the disclosure including search warrant and the information used by the police to obtain the warrant. We determined that it was weak and we brought an application to have the search warrant quashed. The crown reevaluated their case and determined that there would not have been a reasonable prospect of conviction. The charges were withdrawn. |
| Criminal, Organization-fraud-extortion | 2008-10-28 | The Durham Police made a number of arrests and laid charges against citizens of the United Kingdom and Canada. The Crown alleged that a group of people, working together, arrive in Ontario in the spring, and set up fake paving companies to perform frauds on small businesses and the elderly. At the time of the arrest Hochberg Trial Lawyers was retained by one of the accused to secure bail. Once released on bail the client fled the jurisdiction in violation of his bail conditions. The client was later charged with failing to appear in court and breaching the recognizance of bail. We continued to represent the accused person and met with the Crown Attorney to discuss the weaknesses in the prosecution's case. Eventually we were able to arrange that our client make some partial restitution to the complainants, and subsequently the charges, including the fail to appear in Court, were all dropped. |
| Project Blackhawk-Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering, Criminal Organization Charges | 2008-09-02 | | Hochberg Trial Lawyers was retained to represent an accused charged in relation to Project Blackhawk. This was a two-year investigation carried out by the Provincial Weapons Enforcement Unit (PWEU), in partnership with the Toronto Police Service, and Waterloo Regional Police Service. This project resulted in the
arrest of 36 individuals, the seizure of 83 firearms, as well as the largest Ecstacy and methamphetamine drug manufacturing facility of its kind ever uncovered in Ontario and possibly Canada. The investigation revealed massive organized drug networks that were responsible for the distribution of hundreds of thousands of Ecstasy tablets and hundreds of kilograms of Cocaine. Our client was a professional, employed by a large financial institution. He was accused of using his position to launder money for those accused of trafficking drugs. We reviewed the disclosure and took the position that the Crown could not find any unlawful conduct in the transactions made by our client. After significant negotiation with the Crown Attorney the charges against our client were withdrawn.
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| Human Smuggling - Cross Border | 2006-03-01 | | The Detroit/Windsor Integrated Border Enforcement Team conducted a 2 year international investigation of a Human Smuggling ring. The project was called "Operation OBoy." Hundreds of Chinese, Koreans, Albanians, Russians and Poles paid thousands of dollars to be smuggled across the border. They were hidden in automobile, rail cars, transport trucks, and small boats. Those involved in organizing the smuggling had variour duties. Our client was said to have organized transport, payment and logistics necessary for smuggling the migrants over the Canada/US border. We conducted a bail hearing of our client which took place in downtown Toronto. During the course of the prosecution he resided in Windsor and was subject to strict bail conditions. We were able to dismantle the Crown's case which resulted in the withdrawl of the charges against our client. |
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