United States v. Monty Phillip McClellan

PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Monty P. McClellan appeals his convictions of two counts of bankruptcy fraud, one count of mail fraud, and two counts of making false statements to a federally insured bank, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 152, 1341, and 1014, respectively. 1 He is currently incarcerated, serving a total sentence of eight years.

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McClellan is a physician who formerly practiced in Aledo, Illinois. In 1982, he owed about $200,000 to the National Bank of Aledo, debt he had accumulated through a series of bad investments during the 1970’s. In 1983, in order to continue his credit and secure…