United States v. Harold Silvern

DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant Silvern, a Chicago attorney, was charged herein with eleven counts of mail fraud, a violation under 18 U.S.C. § 1341 and one count of conspiracy to commit the substantive offense under 18 U.S.C. § 371. Also named with defendant Silvern in the indictment were Fred Jenkins, a Chicago police officer, and Dr. William Becker, a Chicago area physician. Jenkins was named as a codefendant with Silvern. Becker, who had previously been convicted of similar charges, was named as an unindicted accomplice in the mail fraud scheme.

Each of the mail fraud counts of the…