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U.S. v. GHILARDUCCI

Nos. 05-2836, 05-3165.

480 F.3d 542 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. August C. GHILARDUCCI and Ronald J. Richardson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 14, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel R. Levin (submitted), Terra Brown, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Daniel J. LaFave, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, WI, John F. Murphy (argued), Office of the Federal Defender Program, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

August C. Ghilarducci, Sandstone, MN, pro se.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and WOOD and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns dozens of failed investment deals orchestrated by August C. Ghilarducci, president and owner of Westchester Financial Associates, Inc. ("WFA"), at times with the assistance of his co-defendant Ronald J. Richardson. Ghilarducci and Richardson executed a series of deals in which they charged WFA clients fees for procuring Confirmation of Funds ("COF") letters from financial institutions. The letters purported to show that...

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