Scholes v. Lehmann

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1995-05-18

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POSNER, Chief Judge. Michael Douglas masterminded a Ponzi scheme that has given rise to the interesting and important issues of fraudulent-conveyance law which these appeals require us to consider. Here is how the scheme operated (approximately — we shall simplify the facts for the sake of clarity). Douglas created three corporations and caused them in turn to create limited partnerships in which the corporations would be…

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