Legal Opinion
United States v. Brian Wilkozek
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 18, 2016No. 15-1537PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
In 2003 Brian Wilkozek pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud for his participation in a mortgage-fraud scheme. The scheme was straightforward. Wilkozek drafted phony mortgage applications for in-the-know buyers to purchase properties from an in-the-know realtor at artificially high prices. He then submitted these applications to mortgage lenders, who approved them and distributed the funds to the buyers. The buyers divvied the funds between all of the schemers and then walked away from the underwater properties. As Wilkozek expected, the original mortgage lenders…
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