United States Eighth Circuit

Convictions for bankruptcy fraud and money laundering are affirmed where: 1.) defendants were not prejudiced by the admission of hortatory statements from the bankruptcy judge; 2.) the admission of defiant and nonsensical affidavits by one defendant did not prejudice her ex-husband; and 3.) substantial evidence showed that the defendants knew the true value of their home when they submitted their original bankruptcy schedules, that they were aware of their obligation to disclose their IRA balances, that they expressly refused to cooperate with bankruptcy court orders, and that they converted estate funds into cash and spent or buried the proceeds.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/29/2008
• Published 12/29/2008

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, BEAM, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Dean Stuart Grau, Katherine M. Menendez, AFPD, argued, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant Cyril Bauer, Dean S. Grau, argued, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant Rae Bauer.


• For Appellees:
  
• David J. MacLaughlin, AUSA, argued, Minneapolis, MN, for appellee.