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FISHER v. APOSTOLOU

No. 95-3762.

155 F.3d 876 (1998)

Lawrence FISHER, as Trustee of the Estate of Lake States Commodities, Inc., a/k/a Lake States, Inc., and as Trustee of the Estate of Thomas W. Collins, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis APOSTOLOU, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 9, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Simon, Lawrence Fisher (argued), Michael J. Hayes, Linda A. Green, Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Chicago, IL, for Debtor-Appellant.

Stephen B. Diamond, Lawrence W. Schad, David J. Philipps, Steven J. Tomiello, Beeler, Schad & Diamond, Chicago, IL, Edward T. Joyce, Arthur W. Aufmann (argued), Rowena T. Paras, Joyce & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Appellees.

Before CUDAHY, FLAUM, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Thomas W. Collins ran a bucket shop (a scam similar to a Ponzi scheme) for approximately ten years, along with a number of accomplices. After his fraud was detected, Collins disappeared, and both he and the principal corporate entity he had used for his bogus commodities business were forced into bankruptcy. (Collins later committed suicide after a botched bank robbery in San Diego.) This case presents the question whether claims that...

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