10, 1968, Arthur D. Smith entered a plea of guilty to Counts 1 and 2.  He was placed on three years probation by Judge Decker.  On the same date, Guy A. Onesti entered a plea of guilty to Count 3, the substantive count.  He was sentenced to a term of one year in the custody of the Attorney General.  He began service of that sentence.  The conspiracy count was thereafter dismissed against Guy.


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Defendant Frank E. Onesti entered a plea of not guilty to Counts 1 and 3.  Thereafter, he was found guilty on both counts following a bench trial commenced on July 15, 1968 before Judge Decker.  On September 13, 1968, defendant was sentenced to a term of one year inRobert Marotta, who had since moved away.  Smith embezzled the credit cards and subsequently sold a number of them to defendant and his brother Guy under an arrangement made with them.  Defendant and Guy owned and operated the Lake Auto Body Shop in Melrose Park, Illinois.  Both executed written statements to the postal inspectors.  Defendant admitted the purchase of several of such credit cards from Smith and that his brother purchased others from Smith, all taken from the mails.  He admitted the fraudulent use of one such card for his personal needs, including the purchase of a watch costing $275 and a television set.  Also, the fraudulent use of three other cards to charge repairs at his body shop to an automobile