U.S. v. CHAIKA

No. 11-3355.

695 F.3d 741 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Troy David CHAIKA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: October 1, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius Anthony Nolen , argued, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

Lisa D. Kirkpatrick , USA, argued, St. Paul, MN, for appellee.

Before LOKEN and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and PERRY, District Judge.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

When the market for luxury homes in the Twin Cities dramatically slowed, real estate agent Troy Chaika and Dustin LaFavre formed Superior Investment Group (SIG) to acquire unsold homes at discounted prices, seek out buyers and arrange mortgage loans that would finance significantly inflated purchase prices, and use the inflated mortgage loan proceeds to pay fees to SIG and a Chaika-owned company and provide cash back to the buyers. SIG did not...

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