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— Louis C. Johanson and Howard L. Criden, docket no. CR 80- - 00253, Eastern District of New York, tried before the under- Saturday, February 2, 1980, when teams of FBI agents inter- viewed, almost simultaneously, many of those whose activities with Weinberg and Amoroso had marked them as either targets S or key witnesses in the Abscam. investigation. Abscam's surfacing brought extensive publicity, enhanced, perhaps, by almost simultaneous surfacing of other FBI "sting" operations, "Brilab'" and "Pendorf" in the south and west parts of the country, respectively. As a result of the Abscam investigation, grand juries returned the following indictments: 1. US v. Alexander Andrew Alexandro, Jr. and Alfred Carpentier, docket no. CR 80-00102, Eastern District of New York, tried before Hon. Mark A. Costantino in October, 1980. 2. US v. Michael 0. Myers, Angelo J. Errichetti, Louis C. Johanson and Howard L. Criden, docket no. CR 80- 00249, Eastern District of New York, tried before the under- - ‘ signed in August, 1980. 3. US v. Raymond F. Lederer, Angelo J. Errichetti, 1/ signed in January, 1981. —