To Michael Pietsch, Chief Executive Officer, Hachette Book Group: Gary Weiss, Hachette Author, “Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life World of Crazy Eddie,” protected Louis Miceli, a partner in Miceli-VanCaneghan, an American Stock Exchange member firm, a member of the Board of the American Stock Exchange
and a drug smuggler. Miceli praised the ovens of Auschwitz- including the murders of Hymie Mueller’s brothers, who were gassed in Auschwitz. Miceli was such a psychopath that he boasted of mutilating dogs and setting dogs on fire. Robert VanCaneghan, Miceli’s partner in Miceli-VanCaneghan and a member of the Amex Board, became excited when Miceli boasted of torturing animals. Edward Manfredonia’s letter, dated 7 February 2001, to Judge Richard Casey.