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He avoided the civil RICO case on technical grounds filed by Dave Forbes, Brad Park, Ulf Nilsson, Rick Middleton, and Doug Smail on behalf of former NHL'ers.Buffaloed said:Bill Wirtz was spared trial for conspiring with Alan Eagleson due to the expiration of the statute of limitations on the RICO statutes. Jeremy Jacobs changed the name of his company from Emprise to Delaware North after it was convicted of racketeering and a journalist reporting on it was murdered. No reason not to trust these guys.
http://www.sportslawnews.com/archive/Articles 2001/NHLPlayersLose.htm
In the criminal investigation according to FBI Agent-in-Charge Tim Daly (as reported by Russ Conway), Wirtz and Ziegler were granted immunity in return for providing testimony against Eagleson.