Legal Opinion
United States v. Michael S. Patasnik and James Cecere
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 11, 1996No. 752, 584, Dockets 95-1063(L), 95-1189(CON)PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Circuit Judge:
For almost two years, Michael Patasnik and James Cecere conducted an advance fee loan scam, pocketing over $800,000. The scheme was simple. Patasnik and Cecere held themselves out as lenders or loan brokers who could save small businesses on the brink of disaster. Targeting businesses that needed large and urgent cash infusions and could not arrange financing elsewhere, Patas-nik and Cecere falsely represented that they managed a sort of venture capital fund for wealthy investors and had financed many large investment projects in the past. The two encouraged their…
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