United States v. Cardascia

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1991-12-05

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CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge: This appeal reveals delineated plans in which different individuals in their haste to get rich committed numerous frauds and misapplied bank funds. Appellants are swindlers who created sham schemes and the bank officers who received commissions under-the-table for loaning the bank’s money to them. In doing so they proved the truth of Samuel Johnson’s dictum: “Avarice is a uniform vice ... to the fav…

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