7th Circuit Panel Vacates $1.8M Restitution Order Against Fraud Defendant

Mealey's (March 17, 2020, 9:53 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 13 affirmed a man’s six-year prison sentence for violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and interstate transportation of stolen property for his role in a scheme that partially involved defrauding insurance companies but overturned a $1.8 million order of restitution, finding that the judge failed to adequately demarcate the scheme (United States v. Hamza Dridi, No. 18-3334, 7th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 8020)....