Wednesday, September 5, 2012
"When a good person commits a bad crime, he should be sent to prison, too; maybe not for as long, but to prison nonetheless."
Federal prosecutors say the owner of Hank Lee's Magic Factory "made a mockery of the justice system" and want him to spend 30 months in prison for committing over $500,000 in credit card fraud. "Under any set of circumstances, this is a bad crime: lengthy, repeated, calculated, and callous," federal prosecutor Scott Garland wrote in a filing Aug. 31. "Once federal investigators started investigating the fraud’s depth, breadth, and perpetrator, Harry Levy — though a beloved family man, a steadfast friend, and an engaging businessman — doubled down by lying to the investigators on three separate occasions." In court papers filed last week, prosecutors outlined their requested sentence for Levy, a 61-year-old Lexington resident and the owner …
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Harry Levy is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 6.
The owner of a Medford business who has admitted to making over a half-million dollars in unauthorized charges on one customer's credit card wants to have his sentencing memorandum sealed from the public, according to court filings. The attorney for Harry Levy, owner of Hank Lee's Magic Factory, filed a motion earlier this month asking the memorandum be filed under seal. It includes the outcome of a forensic psychological evaluation and numerous letters of support, according to the filing, submitted by attorney Steven Sussman. "The memorandum contains personal information about the defendant in which the defendant has a protected privacy interest that outweighs any interest of the public knowing the defendant’s background," Sussman wrote. …
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Owner of Hank Lee's Magic Factory has sentencing delayed.
The owner of a Medford magic trick store was initially expected to be sentenced later in July, but that's changed. Harry Levy, the owner of Hank Lee's Magic Factory and a Lexington resident, pleaded guilty to charges of credit card fraud and making false statements in March. Levy made $561,927 in unauthorized charges to one customer's credit card over a two year period, then misled investigators as they looked into the charges in 2011, according to signed court documents. The customer, a wealthy Texas man, was an occassional shopper through the magic store's website, according to court documents. The unauthorized charges were noticed when one of his assistants was going through his statements. Sentencing in the case was originally slated …
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Harry Levy pleaded guilty to charges of credit card fraud and issuing false statements Friday.
Lexington resident Harry Levy appeared in U.S. District Court in Boston Friday to plead guilty to charges stemming from charging a customer of his Medford magic store over $500,000 in unauthorized fees and misleading federal investigators. Levy, 61, is scheduled to return to court July 20 to be sentenced. The owner of Hank Lee's Magic Factory signed a plea agreement earlier this month on the charges, which stem from him making 134 unauthorized transactions on a customer's American Express card totaling $561,927 between 2009 and 2011, according to court documents. He appeared in court Friday to waive indictment and formally enter guilty pleas. In exchange for the guilty pleas, prosecutors won't charge him with wire fraud or aggravated …
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Lexington resident Harry Levy, owner of Hank Lee's Magic Factory was originally slated to appear in court today, April 18.
Harry Levy has had his date in court rescheduled. The owner of the Hank Lee's Magic Factory, Levy has admitted to making over $500,000 in bogus charges to a customer's credit card, according to court filings. He was originally expected to appear in U.S. District Court in Boston for a hearing today, April 18, but it has been rescheduled for 3 p.m. on Friday, April 20, according to a court docket. Levy, 61, is expected to waive indictment and formally plead guilty to charges of one count of credit card fraud and one count of making false statements to federal investigators. He signed a plea agreement earlier this month on the charges, which stem from him making 134 unauthorized transactions on a customer's American Express card totaling $561…
Aron Levy
5:19 pm on Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Paltry sentence? Have you ever done hard time in the Federal system? Two years is NOT a walk in the park, Vic. more ›