Legal Opinion
United States v. Benjamin Robers
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 14, 2012No. 10-3794PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Benjamin Robers pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, based on his role as a straw buyer in a mortgage fraud scheme; Robers signed mortgage documents seeking loans which were based on false and inflated income and assets and based on his claim that he would reside in the houses as his primary residence and pay the mortgages. The loans went into default and the real estate which served as collateral for the loans were later foreclosed upon and resold.
For his role in the scheme, the district court sentenced Robers to three…
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