Legal Opinion
United States v. Gary Ranum
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 25, 1996No. 95-2512PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Gary Ranum was charged in a one-count information with “knowingly and willfully obtaining] by ... false statements” federally-insured student loan funds in an amount not exceeding $200, a misdemeanor violation of 20 U.S.C. § 1097(a) punishable by a term of imprisonment not to exceed one year and/or a maximum fine of $1,000. Ranum used a false Social Security number on some eight separate occasions in order to obtain federally-insured loans totalling $7,586 and thus could have been charged with a felony in violation of § 1097(a), which carries a maximum penalty of five…
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