Daniel Gevinson v. United States

GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was charged in a single-count indictment with having violated 18 U.S.C.A. § 1010 1 by willfully and knowingly causing false statements to be made to the Federal Housing Administration for the purpose of influencing its action. The indictment alleged that the false statements consisted of written representations to an agent of the FHA that stated prices for the elevator, electrical, and mechanical subcontracting construction phases of a proposed housing project were the lowest subcontract prices obtainable when, in fact and as appellant knew, such…