F.D.L.C. v. BAKKEBO

No. 05-2175.

506 F.3d 286 (2007)

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, In its Corporate and Receivership capacities, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sean BAKKEBO, Defendant-Appellant, and Ronald Mitchell, Individually and as Trustee for the Mitchell Family Trust; Pieter Oosthuizen; Brian Bakkebo; P. Todd Zeras; Michele Bowling; Felipa Chadwick; David Aronoff, as Trustee for the Michele L. Bowling Family Trust; Hormoz Redjai, as Trustee of the P. Todd Zeras Family Trust; Robert Harris, as Trustee for the P. Todd Zeras Family Trust; Prime Financial Corp.; Argent Mortgage Corporation, formerly known as Clearview Capital Corporation; F.S. Holdings, S.A.; Ronhardan Capital; R.C. Grayson & Company; Royal Consulting Group, A.S.; Harpers Eindom, A.S.; New Century Holdings, A.S.; New Centurians Corporation; Tripoint Capital Corporation; Southpac Trust International, Incorporated, as Trustee of the P. Todd Zeras Family Trust and as Trustee for the Michele L. Bowling Family Trust; H. Lynden Graham, Jr.; Daniel M. Melgar; Richard A. Sleight, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: October 25, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jeffrey Lee Dorrell, Houston, Texas, for Appellant. Jaclyn Chait Taner, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Legal Division, Appellate Unit, Arlington, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Christopher R. Arthur, Bailey & Wyant, P.L.L.C., Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellant. John Turner, Mullin, Hoard & Brown, L.L.P., Amarillo, Texas; Richard J. Osterman, Jr., Assistant General Counsel, Colleen J. Boles, Senior Counsel, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Arlington, Virginia, for Appellee.

Before MICHAEL and KING, Circuit Judges, and WIDENER, Senior Circuit Judge.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge MICHAEL joined.

OPINION

KING, Circuit Judge:

Harald Bakkebo appeals the $161 million judgment entered against him, in the Southern District of West Virginia, on claims of fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud against the First National Bank of Keystone ("Keystone," or the "Bank").2 This civil action was initiated and pursued by the Federal Deposit...

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