United States v. Coscia

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Harry D. Leinenweber, Judge, United States District Court

Before the Court is Defendant Michael Coscia’s (“Coscia”) Motion for Judgment of Acquittal and for a New Trial [ECF No. 96]. For the reasons stated here, the Court denies the Motion.

I. BACKGROUND

The Court described the material facts of this case in its prior opinion denying Coscia’s Motion to Dismiss the Government’s indictment. See, United States v. Coscia, 100 F.Supp.3d 653, 655 (N.D.Ill.2015). The following is a brief review. Cos-cia was the principal of a futures trading firm. In August 2011, he…