U.S. v. BAKER

No. 99-3840.

227 F.3d 955 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Everette O. BAKER, d/b/a Bettye's Touch Above, d/b/a Fantasyland Theater & Arcade, d/b/a/ Fantasyland Night Club, d/b/a Fantasyland Massage Parlor, d/b/a Fantasy Massages, d/b/a Fantasy Massage Parlor, d/b/a American Printing & Publishing Company, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Clark (argued), Office of the U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, Fairview Heights, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Mark G. Arnold (argued), Douglas P. Roller, Husch & Eppenberger, St. Louis, MO, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and MANION and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

Everette Baker operated massage parlors that were fronts for his prostitution business. In addition to cash, his operation used credit card and automatic teller machine (ATM) transactions. He used the proceeds from his prostitution business to maintain and expand that business, as well as several other legal "adult businesses." He was convicted of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering and in addition to being sentenced to...

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