Legal Opinion
United States v. Van Elsen
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 31, 2011No. 10-2474PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
James Norman Van Elsen stands convicted for the theft or embezzlement of funds from his employee’s Individualized Retirement Accounts (IRA), in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 664. On appeal, Van Elsen argues that his conviction should be reversed because, at trial, the district court 1 barred him from presenting evidence to the jury that he eventually repaid all of the embezzled funds. We affirm.
I. Background
Van Elsen solely owned Van Elsen Consulting, Inc. (VEC), a small actuarial business that serviced insurance companies. In September 2002, Van Elsen established a “Simple…
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