U.S. v. BRISSON

No. 05-1540.

448 F.3d 989 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael J. BRISSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 2, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott A. Verseman, Office of the United States Attorney, Rockford, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Mark A. Byrd, Rockford, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


EVANS, Circuit Judge.

In late 2000, Michael Brisson decided to buy a hotel in Bloomington, Illinois. When it came time to make the down payment, Brisson didn't have the $100,000 that was due. So he embarked on a series of check-kiting transactions, causing a loss to one of his banks of $99,938.73.

But this was only the start of the brief but ambitious foray into financial crime which Brisson has admitted. In February 2001, he applied for a $3.5 million loan...

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