Legal Opinion
United States v. Steven Fenzl
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 23, 2012No. 11-2459PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Douglas Ritter and Steven Fenzl were the principals of a waste-management company called Urban Services of America, Inc. Charged with mail and wire fraud relating to a bid by Urban in January 2005 for a contract to refurbish garbage carts for the City of Chicago, Ritter pleaded guilty, while Fenzl, the appellant, was tried by a jury, convicted, and sentenced to 16 months in prison and to pay a fine of $40,000 and make restitution of $35,302.18.
Urban had won similar bids in the past. But in July 2004 the City had opened an investigation of Ritter and Urban on the basis of…
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