Loughrin v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the Court 1
A part of the federal bank fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1344 (2), makes it a crime to "knowingly execut[e] a scheme ... to obtain" property owned by, or under the custody of, a bank "by means of false or fraudulent pretenses." Petitioner Kevin Loughrin was charged with bank fraud after he was caught forging stolen checks, using them to buy goods at a Target store, and then returning the goods for cash. The District Court declined to give Loughrin's proposed jury instruction that a conviction under § 1344(2) required proof of "intent to defraud a financial institution." The jury convicted…
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