United States v. Israel Ruiz, Jr.

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

Israel Ruiz appeals from the judgment of conviction of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, Peter K. Leisure, Judge. Following a jury trial, Ruiz was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1014 (1988) by making false statements in loan applications to Chemical Bank, a federally insured institution. Judge Leisure imposed a sentence of eleven months’ imprisonment, five of which were suspended; three-years’ probation; and 500 hours of community service. Ruiz is at liberty pending appeal. We affirm.

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In January 1975, Ruiz began serving as a New York State…