United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction for various crimes committed in furtherance of a typical Ponzi scheme is affirmed where: 1) the evidence was sufficient to support the convictions; and 2) the district court did not err in certain omissions in the instructions given to the jury in co-defendant Moore's trial.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/09/2009
• Decided 06/24/2009
• Published 06/24/2009

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER and SYKES, Circuit Judges, and DOW, District Judge.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• William T. Grimmer, Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, South Bend, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Mary Kay M. Martire, Attorney, Thomas L. Shriner, Jr., Attorney, Rebecca R. Hanson (argued), Attorney, Foley & Lardner, LLP, Paul R. Garcia, Attorney, Breana C. Smith (argued), Kirkland & Ellis, Kent R. Carlson (argued), Attorney, Carlson & Associates, Chicago, IL, David P. Jones (argued), Attorney, Newby, Lewis, Kaminski & Jones, LLP, Laporte, IN, Michael P. Rehak, Attorney, South Bend, IN, for Defendants-Appellants.