Legal Opinion
United States v. Michael Sheneman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 1, 2012No. 11-3161PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Michael Sheneman and his son Jeremie engaged in an elaborate mortgage fraud scheme that convinced unwitting buyers to purchase a large number of properties they could neither afford nor rent out after purchasing (as they had planned). As part of the scheme, mortgage lenders were duped into financing these ill-advised purchases through various misrepresentations about the buyers and their financial stability. All told, four buyers with few assets and no experience in the real estate market purchased sixty homes. Most of the homes were eventually foreclosed upon, and the…
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