Legal Opinion
United States v. Larry L. Emerson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 20, 1997No. 96-3166PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Larry Emerson, an employee of the United States Postal Service, set up a scheme for hiring contractors to perform work (some real and some phony) on post offices across central Illinois in exchange for kickbacks of money, vehicles, services, and real estate. This plan worked well for awhile, enabling Emerson to swindle more than a quarter of a million dollars from the Postal Service. The postal inspectors eventually discovered the fraud, and a jury ’convicted Emerson of mail fraud, money laundering, and" conspiracy to commit money laundering. The jury also returned a…
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