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U.S. v. WESTERFIELD

No. 12-1599.

714 F.3d 480 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lorie WESTERFIELD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 9, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel M. Hammerman , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Timothy D. Elliott , Attorney, Gregory W. Jones, Attorney, Rathje & Woodward, Wheaton, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and MANION, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Lorie Westerfield was a lawyer working for a title insurance company in Illinois when she facilitated fraudulent real estate transfers in a mortgage fraud scheme. The scheme used stolen identities of homeowners to "sell" houses that were not for sale to fake buyers, and then collect the mortgage proceeds from lenders who were unaware of the fraud. Westerfield facilitated five such real estate transfers, and was later indicted on four counts...

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