Boris Kostelanetz

Boris Kostelanetz ( born June 16, 1911 in St. Petersburg, † 31 January 2006 in New York City ) was considered an important expert and advocate in tax matters. He initially became known for his involvement in the investigation of infiltration of the Hollywood film industry.

Biography

Boris Kostelanetz was the child of a wealthy family who emigrated in 1920 due to the impact of the February Revolution in 1917 to New York City.

He started in 1933 as an accountant with Price Waterhouse and attended St. John's University Law School. After studying law, he worked for the Justice and in 1939 the assistant to the public prosecutor. He helped especially in elucidating the connection of the Chicago Outfit uncover the film industry in Hollywood.

On December 30th 1943 Paul Ricca, Phil D' Andrea, Johnny Roselli, Willie Bioff, etc., were sentenced to long prison terms in federal prison in Atlanta. They tried their transfer to the federal prison Leavenworth achieve, but Boris Kostelanetz had spoken out against it. Under his successor, General Clark laying was carried out in July 1945 and 6 August 1947, the prisoners were even granted an early release on payment of a fine of $ 500,000. Later it turned out that the lawyer of the outfit was a personal friend of the chairman of the parole board. These remarkable circumstances led to a congressional hearing in September 1947.

Kostelanetz was also the curator of the New York University and president of the Association of Lawyers of New York. Among his clients as a tax attorney ( Kostelanetz & Fink, ) was one among others also Nelson Rockefeller.