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U.S. v. GRIGGS

Nos. 06-4211, 06-4212, 06-4271, 07-1940, 07-2012.

569 F.3d 341 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rodger GRIGGS, Donald Griggs, Julie Griggs, Wayne Moore, and Shawn Shroyer, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 24, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Grimmer, Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, South Bend, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Mary Kay M. Martire, Attorney, Thomas L. Shriner, Jr., Attorney, Rebecca R. Hanson (argued), Attorney, Foley & Lardner, LLP, Paul R. Garcia, Attorney, Breana C. Smith (argued), Kirkland & Ellis, Kent R. Carlson (argued), Attorney, Carlson & Associates, Chicago, IL, David P. Jones (argued), Attorney, Newby, Lewis, Kaminski & Jones, LLP, Laporte, IN, Michael P. Rehak, Attorney, South Bend, IN, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before POSNER and SYKES, Circuit Judges, and DOW, District Judge.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The defendants were charged with a variety of federal crimes (wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering, and tax evasion and failure to file tax returns) committed in furtherance of a typical Ponzi scheme, in which investors in the defendants' enterprises were made false promises of exorbitant profits and lost more than $5 million. The defendants, all but Moore, were tried together...

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