United States v. Louis H. Heithaus and Sheldon Selikoff, Louis H. Heithaus

OPINION OF THE COURT

HASTIE, Chief Judge.

Louis Heithaus is here appealing from his conviction on two counts of an indictment wherein he was charged with knowingly making or causing to be made false statements for the purpose of obtaining bank loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration, in violation of Section 1010 of Title 18, United States Code. Each count was based upon a different loan but both involved the same alleged wrongdoers and the same alleged scheme of operation.

Three defendants were convicted in a single trial. Two of them, Heithaus and Sheldon Selikoff, owned and…