Legal Opinion
United States v. Paul W. Graffia and Lion Bernard
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 22, 1997No. 96-3725, 96-3765PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
On June 30, 1994, the grand jury returned a 16-count superseding indictment against defendants Paul W. Graffia, who lived in Illinois, and Lion Bernard, who lived in California, and two co-defendants, Roberto L. Ferrera and Jon Binette, relating to certain fraudulent schemes undertaken by the defendants in the Northern District of Illinois and elsewhere. Graffia was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud (Count One), four counts of wire fraud (Counts Two through Five), two counts of counterfeiting foreign securities (Counts Six and Seven), one count of filing a…
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