United States v. Helgesen

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

NEAHER, District Judge.

This case arises out of a 24-count indictment charging the defendant, Valerie Helgesen, with the knowing use of lost, stolen or fraudulently obtained credit cards to obtain substantial sums of money from Citibank, N.A., in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 1644(a), and with making false statements to that bank, which is federally insured, for the purpose of influencing its action with respect to her merchant’s credit card account, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1014. 1 With the approval of the Court and the consent of the government, Rule 23(a), F.R. Cr.P.,…