Legal Opinion
United States v. Simon Edward Heath and Paul Sau-Ki Cheng
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 29, 1992No. 91-1112PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:
Defendants-Appellants Simon Heath and Paul Cheng were convicted of numerous counts of bank fraud, wire fraud, misapplication of funds, false entries, and interstate transportation of funds obtained by fraud. They seek reversal of their convictions. Because we find two counts of the indictment multiplicitous, we remand in part. The remaining convictions are affirmed.
BACKGROUND
Cheng and Heath were founding partners of Pacific Realty Corporation (PRC), a large national real estate development company. In 1984, PRC and Cheng and Heath, individually, acquired Guaranty Federal…
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