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UNITED STATES v. BASILE

No. 84-2439.

771 F.2d 307 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Peter BASILE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 26, 1985.

As Amended September 3, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maury S. Epner, Crim. Div., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Mary Mikva, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, WOOD, Circuit Judge, and WRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This is a mail fraud case in which defendant Peter Basile, the owner of a Datsun 280-ZX automobile in need of substantial repair, arranged for its disappearance and destruction so as to permit him to collect for his "stolen" car from his insurance company. This alternative way of disposing of unwanted automobiles instead of selling them for what they were worth seems to have been preferred by Basile. This time, however, he was...

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