United States v. Gordon, No. 09-3797 (7th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseIn order to conceal embezzlement of $17,500, the teller and her friends staged a robbery that involved her friends presenting the teller with a note. After receiving a tip, police charged the four with robbery of $122,992, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2113(a). Three entered guilty pleas; the other was found guilty, sentenced to 127 months’ imprisonment, and ordered to pay, jointly and severally with the others, $65,317 in restitution. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, rejecting an argument that the government failed to prove the money was taken "by force and violence, or by intimidation." The teller told her co-worker that there was a robbery in progress and the co-worker experienced reasonable fear.
Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.