Not Guilty — 22 Counts of Bank Fraud

Our client faced twenty-two counts of federal bank fraud — one of the most aggressively prosecuted categories of white collar crime. Bank fraud cases typically involve mountains of financial records, cooperating witnesses, and a government theory built over months or years of investigation.

The Defense

We dissected the government’s case document by document. Bank fraud requires proving that the defendant knowingly executed a scheme to defraud a financial institution — and the word knowingly is where cases like this can be won.

We built a defense that told the complete story: who our client was, what they understood, what they were told, and why the government’s theory of deliberate fraud didn’t match the evidence. Through cross-examination and our presentation of the defense, we gave the jury a credible alternative account.

The Outcome

After hearing the full case, the federal jury returned a not guilty verdict on all twenty-two counts.

A complete acquittal in a 22-count federal bank fraud prosecution is among the most difficult outcomes to achieve in federal court. We achieved it.