United States v. Farraj

142 F.Supp. 2d 484 (2001)

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United States v. Farraj

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
142 F.Supp. 2d 484 (2001)

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Facts

Said Farraj (defendant) was a paralegal with the law firm of Orrick, Harrington & Sutcliffe LLP. At the time, the firm represented plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against tobacco companies. The attorneys and paralegals working on the case, including Farraj, prepared a trial plan. The plan was over 400 pages long and included trial strategy, deposition excerpts and summaries, and references to anticipated trial exhibits. The firm limited access to the plan to those employees working on the case. The federal government (plaintiff) charged Farraj with interstate transportation of stolen property. The government alleged that Farraj emailed an 80-page excerpt of the plan to attorneys representing the defendants in the class action. The attorneys were spread across five different states. Farraj allegedly offered to sell the full plan and negotiated with an FBI agent posing as one of the attorneys to sell the full plan for $2,000,000. Farraj’s brother allegedly met with a second FBI agent to receive payment. The brother was arrested and implicated Farraj. Farraj moved to dismiss the charge, arguing that the electronic document was not a “good” as used by the criminal statute.

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Holding and Reasoning (Marrero, J.)

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