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U.S. v. BUCKOWICH

No. 99-4105.

243 F.3d 1081 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cora BUCKOWICH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 22, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail Joy Hoffman (argued), Thomas P. Schneider, Office of the Atty. Gen., Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Paris A. Wynn (argued), Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Cora Buckowich raised money using the lure of spectacular profits. She promised that an investment of $500,000 placed in overseas "bank note trading programs" would grow to $93 million within three months. The offer was ludicrous; a promise of extravagant returns is a signal of fraud (and it also should have posed the question why, if Buckowich had such amazing opportunities, she would allow the profits to go to strangers rather than reaping...

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