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U.S. v. STRICKLAND

Nos. 89-3099, 89-3100, 89-3118, 89-3134 and 89-3135.

935 F.2d 822 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leonard STRICKLAND, Ronald B. Carson, Armand D. Moore, Neal Jackson and Otis Wilson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey E. Stone, Scott T. Mendeloff, Joshua T. Buchman, Barry R. Elden, Asst. U.S. Attys., Crim. Receiving, Appellate Div., Chicago, Ill., for the U.S.

William H. Theis, Chicago, Ill., for Leonard Strickland.

Jerry B. Kurz, Kathryn Hall, Hall & Kurz, Chicago, Ill., for Otis Wilson.

John T. Theis, Chicago, Ill., for Ronald B. Carson.

Paul A. Wagner, Chicago, Ill., for Armand D. Moore.

Martin S. Agran, Agran & Agran, Chicago, Ill., for Neal Jackson.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

BAUER, Chief Judge.

Francis Bacon wrote, "Opportunity makes a thief." Sensing an opportunity, defendants in this consolidated group of appeals aimed to swindle approximately $236 million from the First National Bank of Chicago (the "Bank"). In one, heady morning in May 1988, defendants, posing as executives of three companies that had large accounts at the Bank, placed telephone orders that resulted in $70 million being wired out of the Bank. The funds made it as...

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