Legal Opinion
United States of America v. Sylvia R. Baker, Also Known as Sylvia Briggs
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 8, 2000No. 99-1756PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Acting as a licensed Missouri insurance agent, Sylvia R. Baker received insurance premium payments from several elderly clients and represented she would use the money to purchase insurance policies or annuities for them. Baker instead deposited the money in personal bank accounts and used it for her personal expenses. Following an investigation by the United States Postal Service, Baker was indicted and convicted of one count of mail fraud, two counts of insurance theft, and two counts of making false statements to the government, violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341,…
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