U.S. v. COMMODITY ACCOUNT NO. 549 54930

No. 99-1703.

219 F.3d 595 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COMMODITY ACCOUNT NO. 549 54930 AT SAUL STONE & COMPANY, Defendant, Lars "Erik" Lindstrøm, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig A. Oswald (argued), Office of the U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Michael B. Cohen (argued), Frederick F. Cohn, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant.

Before BAUER, KANNE and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Lars Erik Lindstrøm participated in a pyramid scheme defrauding hundreds of investors and was convicted by a Norwegian court of criminal fraud. Nevertheless, Lindstrøm pursued all available means to collect commissions that he allegedly earned on trades executed in connection with the criminal scheme, including contesting the federal forfeitures at issue here. Lindstrøm, however, failed to comply with the requirements of the Federal...

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