Legal Opinion
United States v. Irwin Berman and Joseph E. Gussen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 12, 1994No. 93-2590, 93-2637PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The defendants were convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 658, which punishes anyone who, with intent to defraud, knowingly converts any property “mortgaged or pledged to” a federal or federally supported farm credit agency, such as the Farmers Home Administration. They were given prison sentences of 16 and 18 months, respectively, and ordered to make restitution of almost $500,000 to the unsecured creditors of D.C. Equipment,’ Inc. That firm had obtained a secured loan from Peshtigo National Bank, and the FmHA had guaranteed 90 percent of it. Peshtigo had then sold the…
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