Legal Opinion
United States v. Paul R. Stafford, Sr., and Robert L. Allison
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 9, 1998No. 97-1542, 97-1543PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The defendants, Stafford and Allison, were tried together before a jury on a variety of charges relating to an advance-fee loan scam, were convicted, and were sentenced to 188 and 160 months of prison, respectively.
In this type of scam, the con men make a phony offer of a large loan on highly advantageous terms upon condition that the borrower pay a sizable fee in advance. The con men pocket the fee and abscond. The defendants have a long history of such scams. The one for which they were convicted in this ease unfolded in a town in Wisconsin in which Greg Berna was the…
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