United States v. Reaume
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
338 F.3d 577 (2003)
- Written by Sharon Feldman, JD
Facts
Reaume (defendant) was charged with committing bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344. The evidence at trial established that Reaume opened two checking accounts at Monroe Bank and Trust (the bank) using aliases and that two other individuals opened accounts in either their own names or an alias. Reaume and the two other individuals used checks drawn on these accounts to buy merchandise at national chain retailers and returned the merchandise for cash refunds. The bank refused to honor the checks for which there were insufficient funds, and the retailers or the check-guarantee companies that insured them bore the resulting losses. Reaume was convicted and argued on appeal that there was insufficient evidence to find that he intended to defraud the bank as opposed to the retailers or their insurers.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Cole, J.)
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