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Parlato claims to have uncovered ‘perjury’  by Seagram heiress Clare Bronfman
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Parlato claims to have uncovered ‘perjury’ by Seagram heiress Clare Bronfman

By Staff · February 19, 2017

Motion to Dismiss Denied by Magistrate in Parlato Case Sometimes it takes a long time for the truth to come out. But Frank Parlato says the truth about serial litigator and alleged cult member Clare Bronfman is finally going to come out. And that truth is, “she is a perjurer,” Parlato says. Parlato has been charged by the Federal Government with a 19-count indictment alleging that he cheated Clare Bronfman and her sister Sara Bronfman, who are  heirs to the Seagrams’ liquor fortune, and members of NXIVM which critics, including their father, claim is a cult. This week U.S. Magistrate

The Proof of Clare Bronfman’s Perjury in   Parlato Case Comes to Light
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The Proof of Clare Bronfman’s Perjury in Parlato Case Comes to Light

· February 19, 2017

Here is a little game for those who want to be detectives. It will take some deductive reasoning. It concerns the federal case against Frank Parlato and a contract the US Government claims was entered into by Parlato and Clare and Sara Bronfman, Seagram heirs, alleged serial litigators, and alleged cult members. AUSA Anthony Bruce [retired] claims that a contract, called a Letter of Intent, dated Jan. 2008. is enforceable writing to Parlato. He wrote to Parlato that, “[T]he layman (Parlato) interpretation of the contract you entered into with the Bronfman sisters was [not enforceable], in a word, wrong.’” The

Parlato claims to have uncovered ‘perjury’  by Seagram heiress Clare Bronfman
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Parlato claims to have uncovered ‘perjury’ by Seagram heiress Clare Bronfman

By Staff · February 17, 2017

Motion to Dismiss Denied by Magistrate in Parlato Case   Sometimes it takes a long time for the truth to come out. But Frank Parlato says the truth about serial litigator and alleged cult member Clare Bronfman is finally going to come out. And that truth is, “she is a perjurer,” Parlato says. Parlato has been charged by the Federal Government with a 19-count indictment alleging that he cheated Clare Bronfman and her sister Sara Bronfman, who are  heirs to the Seagrams’ liquor fortune, and members of NXIVM which critics, including their father, claim is a cult. This week U.S.

The Proof of Clare Bronfman’s Perjury in  Parlato Case Comes to Light
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The Proof of Clare Bronfman’s Perjury in Parlato Case Comes to Light

By Staff · February 17, 2017

Here is a little game for those who want to be detectives. It will take some deductive reasoning. It concerns the federal case against Frank Parlato and a contract the US Government claims was entered into by Parlato and Clare and Sara Bronfman, Seagram heirs, alleged serial litigators, and alleged cult members. AUSA Anthony Bruce [retired] claims that a contract, called a Letter of Intent, dated Jan. 2008. is enforceable writing to Parlato. He wrote to Parlato that, “[T]he layman (Parlato) interpretation of the contract you entered into with the Bronfman sisters was [not enforceable], in a word, wrong.’” The

Parlato’s Legacy Is There for All to See in Niagara Falls
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Parlato’s Legacy Is There for All to See in Niagara Falls

By Niagara Reporter- · December 8, 2016

The One Niagara Welcome Center is located at 360 Rainbow Blvd. within  earshot of mighty Niagara Falls and stands nine-stories tall, a can’t miss landmark that serves, according to its website, as a tourism and sightseeing haven offering bus tours, guided exploration, historical presentations, dining and souvenirs. The bustling tourist center is one of downtown Niagara Falls’ bright spots, especially during the Memorial Day – Labor Day tourist season, but it wasn’t always that way. Not too many years ago, in 2004, the onetime Occidental Chemical Corp.’s namesake building, built in the early 1980s, was a shell of its former

Is Bruce’s Goose Cooked? Did Former AUSA Knowingly Present Bogus Letter to Grand Jury in Parlato Case?
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Is Bruce’s Goose Cooked? Did Former AUSA Knowingly Present Bogus Letter to Grand Jury in Parlato Case?

By Staff · December 1, 2016

Former Assistant US Attorney Anthony Bruce led the charge to indict Frank Parlato last year. In so doing he may have committed perjury. In the past, Bruce has been accused of suborning perjury and was almost disbarred, according to sources in the legal community, over his dishonest prosecution of the Chosen Few Motorcycle Club in 2011. In the Parlato case, which may lead to Bruce being disbarred, there appears to be a smoking gun. Parlato’s lawyers point to a “Letter of Intent” contract dated January, 2008. It is signed by Parlato, but the other party to the contract – Clare

Was Parlato Case a ‘Ham Sandwich’ Indictment?
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Was Parlato Case a ‘Ham Sandwich’ Indictment?

By Niagara Reporter- · November 26, 2016

As former New York State Chief Judge Sol Wachtler once said, “a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich, if that’s what you wanted.” In other words, prosecutors can convince a grand jury that a crime has been committed, if that’s what they wanted, even if the evidence is not really there. That’s exactly how real estate developer and newspaper publisher Frank Parlato feels about the 19-count federal indictment he’s facing for allegedly cheating the IRS, a business partner at the One Niagara tourist center in Niagara Falls that he started, and the two daughters of the late Seagram’s liquor chief

Parlato believes in full transparency; That includes on the prosecution side
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Parlato believes in full transparency; That includes on the prosecution side

By Staff · November 25, 2016

The Niagara Falls Reporter has taken a lot of space this week to examine the case against Frank Parlato. We believe it is warranted not only because Parlato is the publisher and editor in chief of this newspaper and his credibility reflects on the credibility of this publication, but because it should be of interest to readers on more generic terms: This is a rare chance to get an insight into how the US Attorney’s office, in coordination with the FBI, conducts an investigation, presents to the grand jury and indicts and prosecutes a citizen in America. Very few

Defense Team Tried to Demonstrate Parlato’s Innocence; were told they had orders to Indict
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Defense Team Tried to Demonstrate Parlato’s Innocence; were told they had orders to Indict

By Staff · November 25, 2016

It might be informative to readers to get a peek inside the US Attorney’s investigation and prosecution of an American citizen. The Parlato case might be a good example of how the office works.      While trying to show the US Attorney’s office, then under William Hochul, that indicting him was a deep injustice, Parlato, who has professed his innocence, retained former New York State Attorney General and former US Attorney Dennis Vacco; former Federal Magistrate Judge Carol Heckman; former Assistant US Attorney [under Preet Bharara] Brian Feldman, and Parlato’s two civil litigation lawyers, Ralph Lorigo and James Roscetti, who had