U.S. v. SEWARD

No. 00-1241.

272 F.3d 831 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Laurence SEWARD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 15, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vilija Bilaisis (argued), Barry Rand Elden, Chief of Appeals, Office of the U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

William H. Levit, Jr., Kristin DalenBard (argued), Godfrey & Kahn, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

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


DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Until his death at age 83, Wendell O'Neal was a boarder in Laurence Seward's house, and, so he may have thought, a friend of Seward. After O'Neal died, however, Seward proved himself to be far less than a faithful companion. Instead, Seward embarked on a scheme to appropriate O'Neal's assets. He began by forging a number of bank signature cards and using the cards to transfer funds from O'Neal's accounts into his own accounts. The executor...

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