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U.S. v. BELK

No. 05-2711.

435 F.3d 817 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joshua BELK, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 31, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Hollar (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Hammond, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Stephen Bower (argued), Cohen & Thiros, Merrillville, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.

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

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

In 1996 George Rogge hired Joshua Belk as the bookkeeper for his insurance agency. Belk decided that he could multiply his income through embezzlement. Over the years he siphoned more than $675,000 from Rogge's business, driving it into bankruptcy. Belk has been convicted of mail fraud, see 18 U.S.C. § 1341, because several of the devices used to divert funds from Rogge's accounts to his own entailed mailings. Only the sentence —...

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