Legal Opinion
United States v. Leonard Chavin and Martin Litwin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 13, 2002No. 01-2302, 01-3414PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
On July 22, 1998, this court affirmed the district court’s decision to deny Leonard Chavin a discharge in bankruptcy. In re Chavin, 150 F.3d 726, 729 (7th Cir.1998). In our opinion, we noted an appearance of deliberate fraud in Chavin’s bankruptcy filings. Accordingly, we referred the case to the Department of Justice for further investigation. Id. Eventually, a grand jury returned a fifteen-count superseding indictment charging Chavin and his attorney, Martin Litwin, with tax and bankruptcy fraud. Following a lengthy trial, a jury found them guilty on eleven of the…
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