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…Federal Govt. takes his home for taxes owed
Attorney for New GPC, Ray Beckerman
Attorney for New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (New GPC), Ray Beckerman, is in deep financial straits. The federal government has moved to acquire a property owned by Beckerman and his wife, Susan, for unpaid taxes. The property is located at 186-05 Wexford Terrace, Jamaica, Queens, New York.
New GPC hired Beckerman to represent it in its million-dollar lawsuit in New York. New GPC is suing Kaieteur News for libel because the newspaper published facts that questioned the prices charged by the pharmaceutical company to supply drugs to the Ministry of Health and to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
A notice of a Federal Tax Lien indicated that Beckerman owed the federal government US$16,807.40 in unpaid balance of assessment for the tax period December 31, 2003.
When he was served the notice he ignored it. The government did nothing until September 29, 2006. By then the tax owed had attracted interest and other taxes.
The notice of lien stated that the government had made a demand for payment of the taxes owed but it remained unpaid.
After the government moved against the Beckermans and sought to acquire the property, Ray and Susan Beckerman appealed. They filed their appeal on July 21, 2010. They were challenging the move by the federal government to foreclose on the property.
On April 17, last year, the appeal court ruled; Ray and Susan Beckerman lost their appeal. They had moved to strike out the decision by the government to foreclose on the property.
“The Supreme Court properly granted the plaintiff motion for a summary judgement on the complaint and denied the Beckermans cross motion for a dismissal of the summary motion.
““[I]n an action to foreclose a mortgage, a plaintiff establishes its case as a matter of law through the production of the mortgage, the unpaid note, and evidence of default”
“The burden then shifts to the defendant to demonstrate the existence of a triable issue of fact as to a bona fide defense to the action, such as waiver, estoppel, bad faith, fraud, or oppressive or unconscionable conduct on the part of the plaintiff.” This was not done. The court ruled, “Submitting the mortgage, the unpaid note, and the affidavit of its Assistant Treasurer attesting to the default.
“In opposition, the appellants failed to raise a triable issue of fact contrary to the appellants’ contention, the Supreme Court properly denied that branch of their cross motion which was to strike the complaint insofar as asserted against them for failure to comply with discovery demands, as there was no court order requiring disclosure.”
The way is now clear for the federal government to take possession of Beckerman’s house.
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