U.S. v. LAWSON

No. 14-1233.

776 F.3d 519 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jamal E. LAWSON, Sr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 20, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher R. McFadden , Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Gerald J. Collins , Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

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


Evangel Capital held itself out as a lender with $250 million in assets available to churches and other religious institutions. It issued firm-commitment financing letters for multi-million-dollar projects but never closed a single loan and, indeed, never had more than $10,000 in its bank accounts. What money it did have...

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