U.S. v. DOOLEY

No. 11-2256.

688 F.3d 318 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Karen D. DOOLEY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 27, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Hartzler (argued), Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jonathan E. Hawley (argued), Christopher Quinlan (argued), Federal Public Defenders, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, John C. Taylor , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Urbana, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Karen D. Dooley, Greenville, IL, pro se.

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


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

Karen Dooley lied about her marriage status and income in order to obtain Social Security benefits and food stamps to which she was not entitled. While employed at a hospital, she stole credit cards and identifying documents from approximately 100 patients, then made purchases on the accounts of these vulnerable (often helpless) people. She also used those credentials to obtain additional credit cards and Social Security numbers in spurious...

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