Legal Opinion
United States v. Michael Spano, Sr., Emil Schullo, and Betty Loren-Maltese
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 7, 2007No. 06-1562, 06-1585, 06-1604PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The three defendants whose appeals are before us were convicted along with others of a variety of federal offenses, including mail fraud, RICO, and money laundering, arising out of a massive and protracted scheme to defraud the Town of Cicero, Illinois. We affirmed the convictions but on the government’s cross-appeal ordered the defendants resentenced. 421 F.3d 599 (7th Cir.2005). Having determined that the loss caused by the fraud was $10.6 million, the district judge had then rounded this number off to below $10 million, which reduced the defendants’ guidelines…
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