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Criminal Fraud.

Note: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the conviction of Evelyn Lherisson in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Ponsor, J.) for bank fraud and making false statements to the Heritage NIS Bank for Savings in providing collateral for a loan. Lherisson represented herself as the trustee of a Cayman Islands' trust and telefaxed a US$ 1 million LC purportedly issued by the First Investment Bank of Garland, Texas to Heritage. In response to requests for modifications, another LC in the same amount was issued. The government introduced evidence that the First Investment Bank did not exist and that the signature on the LC was that of Lherisson.

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