United States Seventh Circuit

A sentence enhancement was properly imposed against an attorney and real estate broker who pled guilty to mail and insurance fraud, where defendant "affected" a financial institution by 1) using a bank to facilitate his crime, and 2) exposing the bank to civil liability for accepting forged and unendorsed checks.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/22/2002
• Decided 07/16/2002
• Published 07/16/2002

Judges

• ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, KANNE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Ricardo Meza (argued), Office of U.S. Atty., Criminal Div., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Marc W. Martin, Chicago, IL, Alexander M. Salerno (argued), Berwyn, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.