Legal Opinion
United States v. Francis Anthony Littriello, United States of America v. Michael Paul Turner
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 8, 1989No. 88-5540, 88-5541PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
The appellants, Francis Anthony Littriel-lo and Michael Paul Turner, skimmed over $1.2 million dollars from the American Postal Workers Union Health Plan. They were convicted of embezzling U.S. government funds. Their sole contention on appeal is that the embezzled monies were not U.S. government funds. We find the embezzled health plan funds were monies of the United States within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. '§ 641.
The American Postal Workers Union Health Plan is a federal employee health benefit plan as defined in 5 U.S.C. § 8901 et seq. Its origin stems from the…
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