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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: accountclosed who wrote (36579)	11/17/1998 4:17:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

>>>>>RICO doesn't come close to this.<<<<< Why not? Your explanation of the gravamen of the offense sounds like RICO to me: >>>>>The core of the allegations against Milken were that he conspired with Ivan Boesky to illegal park securities.<<<<< I am paraphrasing, but RICO applies when two or more individuals conspire to commit more than one predicate act, and a predicate act is a crime. I know that a common misconception is that RICO only applies to organized crime, but that's not so. Do you mean, you don't think the evidence was sufficient to convict him? I thought your point would be that he was unfairly targeted, something about which I know nothing. For a change.<g> CobaltBlue