Legal Opinion
United States v. Belal Faruki
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 13, 2015No. 14-2914PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Belal Faruki was convicted of wire fraud in federal district court on January 17, 2014. The jury determined that, between January 2010 and January 2011, Faruki operated an investment scheme through which he defrauded one investor, Marc Tishfield, and attempted to defraud a second investor, Richard Schottenfeld. Following denials of Faruki’s motion for a judgment of acquittal and motion for a new trial, the district court sentenced Faruki to forty-eight months in prison. Faruki now challenges the sufficiency of the evidence underlying his convictions, as well as two…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- United States v. LoughryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011
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