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Courtesy of The Sun Sentinel
By Tonya
Alanez
Published May 25, 2007
FORT LAUDERDALE
-- Joseph D. Greenberg surrendered to Broward Circuit Judge Jeffrey
Levenson Friday morning on a count of organized fraud and a count of
structuring transactions to evade reporting in an alleged condo kickback
case.
The judge set bond at $32,500 for Greenberg, 83, said defense attorney
Scott Saul. Greenberg was taken into custoy until he posts bond.
The charges stem from an alleged kickback scheme at a Hallandale Beach
condo that may have cost apartment owners up to $4 million in unnecessary
assessments, police and condo officials said. The allged offenses took
place between Jan. 1, 2003, and Dec. 30, 2005.
Saul said his client is a professional poker and blackjack player, and the
allegations have nothing to do with gambling.
Of the gambling, Saul said, "These are junkets he goes on for
entertainment."
"My client has taken a cooperative approach in dealing with the
state," Saul said.
Greenberg's co-defendants are Angel B. Ramos, Ira Silver and Robert M.
Hittner.
Surrendering Wednesday were Silver, 62, of Fort Lauderdale, a plumbing
contractor; and Hittner, 58, of Cooper City, a veteran state-certified
community association manager. Hittner worked for the Condominium
Association of Parker Plaza Estates, a 520-unit high-rise in the 2000
block of South Ocean Drive. The two were charged with organized fraud and
released on $25,000 bonds.
If convicted as charged, the organized fraud charge carries a maximum
sentence of 30 years and a $10,000 fine.
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