Legal Opinion
United States v. Bruce Brown
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 3, 2015No. 12-3290PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
A jury found Bruce Brown guilty of wire, mail, and bank fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders. Brown contends that a prior plea agreement resolving 2005 money laundering charges against him barred the government from pursuing charges in the mortgage fraud scheme, and he contends on that basis the district court should have dismissed the indictment in this case. We affirm.
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In 2005, a federal grand jury in Chicago charged Brown with multiple acts of money laundering. The indictment alleged that Brown conspired with others to engage in financial…
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