Legal Opinion
Matter of Johnson
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided July 11, 1985No. 19-10074PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MARTIN V.B. BOSTETTER, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
Robert D. Johnson, the bankrupt, was engaged in a fraudulent pyramid or Ponzi scheme whereby he induced investors to provide funds for the purchase, import and resale of nonextant Portugese industrial wine. In fact, the bankrupt neither purchased nor sold industrial wine. Instead, Johnson used the invested funds to partially pay off previous investors, to cover personal expenses and to invest in various business ventures. On August 26, 1974, Johnson pleaded guilty to federal crimes of securities fraud and of mail fraud and was…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Allen v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
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3Cited by15 opinions
- In Re Robert D. Johnson, Debtor. Canal Corporation, General Partner of the Limited Partnership of the October 18, 1973 Group the October 30, 1973 Group the November 30, 1973 Group the November 15, 1973 Group the December 10, 1973 Group the December 11, 1973 Group the December 14, 1973 Group the January 7, No. 91-1403 1974 Group the January 11, 1974 Group the January 31, 1974 Group Resource Evaluation & Development, Incorporated, General Partner of the Limited Partnership of the February 8, 1974 Group the February 15, 1974 Group the March 5, 1974 Group the March 11, 1974 Group the March 29, 1974 Group the April 14, 1974 Group the April 5, 1974 Group v. Robert E. Finnman Gerald L. Sacks Leonard Henschel Mrs. Leonard Henschel Carl Starnes Mrs. Carl Starnes Robert W. Froehlich Alan B. Svedlow Thomas W. Gilliam, Jr. Ruth Swart Young Frederick M. Sorrell, Jr. Richard B. Hudson Mrs. Richard B. Hudson William A. Gore Mrs. William A. Gore, and Lenora Johnson Brown Vail Pischke v. Bruce Goldstein, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
- In Re John R. Kolstad, Debtor. United States of America (Internal Revenue Service) v. John R. KolstadCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Canal Corp. v. FinnmanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
- In Re ButcherUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1987
- In Re Bajac Construction Co.United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. California · 1989
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