Hotelier set for fraud sentence
NZPA-AP New York The last obstacle between a luxury hotel queen, Leona Helmsley, and sentencing was lifted yesterday when a judge refused to set aside her conviction for tax evasion. In Washington, the United States Supreme Court yesterday refused to kill a lawsuit against her husband, a billionaire hotel owner, Harry Helmsley, and others accused of fraud in a New York City condominium conversion project. Mrs Helmsley, who is portrayed in advertisements as the queen of her luxury hotels, was convicted on August 30 of evading SUSI.2 million (SNZ2.OI million) in federal (axes
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Press, 6 December 1989, Page 10
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