UNITED STATES v. BELL

No. 20-2679.

28 F.4th 757 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvin BELL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 11, 2022.


Melvin Bell and co-defendants, Monica Hernandez and Carlos Rayas, fraudulently promised victims that they could save their homes from foreclosure or lower their mortgage payments. To carry out this scheme, they invented Washington National Trust (WNT), which they marketed as a legitimate financial institution bankrolled by...

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