Adetokunbo Adejumo was indicted in 2011 on 15 counts charging a scheme to defraud banks and bank customers by use of stolen identities, stolen and fraudulently created bank accounts, counterfeit checks, and fraudulently obtained credit card accounts. He ultimately pled guilty to one count of aiding and abetting bank fraud ...

The restitution statute at issue in this case was the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act of 1996, 18 U.S.C. § 3663A (“MVRA”), which was enacted to provide mandatory compensation to victims of certain Federal crimes, including crimes of violence, drug crimes, and crimes against property. In this mortgage fraud case, the ...

A.M. Brandon, the perpetually astute blogger at the Sixth Circuit Blog, posted a memorable commentary about the instant case; and that commentary also serves well as an excellent introduction to many vagaries of the imposition of restitution in Federal criminal cases, as exhibited by this entire series of restitution cases. ...

This is an important child pornography sentencing decision that distills the essence of the long-simmering debate about the Guidelines real and long-recognized failure to differentiate between the crime of possession of child pornography and the far more heinous crimes of producing and distributing child pornography. In many ways, the majority’s ...

In 1993, Curtis Blackwell pled guilty to two counts of armed bank robbery and two counts of carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. He was sentenced to 357 months in prison and ordered to pay $10,000 in fines and $4,122 in restitution. Twenty years ...