U.S. v. CRAIG

No. 98-2252.

178 F.3d 891 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bertha CRAIG, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Heinze (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

J. Reed Millsaps (argued), Northbrook, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, KANNE, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

After the Department of Education's investigation of several beauty academies owned by Paul and Diane Scardino turned up evidence that the schools had defrauded the federal government of thousands of dollars through a scam involving the distribution of Pell Grant funds, the government charged Bertha Craig and fourteen others in a fifty-four count indictment. While the others pleaded guilty, Bertha Craig maintained her innocence. Following a trial...

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