Legal Opinion
United States v. Rhodes
District Court, C.D. Illinois
Decided May 1, 2002No. 01-30012PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RICHARD MILLS, District Judge.
“No man profiteth but by the loss of others.”
Montaigne: Essays, Lxxi.
Evidently taking Montaigne’s words to heart, Bruce W. Rhodes swindled over 240 investors out of $1,104,557.39.
However, he will spend the next 37 months of his life in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons because of his actions.
I. BACKGROUND
According to his written plea agreement, Bruce W. Rhodes worked as an investment representative for the investment brokerage firm Magna Investments, Inc., be tween October 1997 and July 1999. During that time, Rhodes devised a scheme whereby, in certain…
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- United States v. Bruce RhodesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- United States v. Rhodes, Bruce W.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003