Legal Opinion
Eplus Technology, Incorporated v. Patricia Aboud, A/K/A Carole Girard, and Daniel Jacques Akerib Jean-Marie Chartuny George Bernachawy John Doe
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 3, 2002No. 02-1197PublishedCited by 143 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILLIAM W. WILKINS, JR., and Judge MICHAEL joined.
OPINION
KING, Circuit Judge.
During the technology boom of the late 1990s, Patricia Aboud organized several credit scams to defraud computer equipment suppliers. To recover losses resulting from one of these scams, ePlus Technology, Inc. (“ePlus”) filed a civil action in the Eastern District of Virginia, asserting that Aboud had violated state tort law and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968 (“RICO”). Following a bench trial in…
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