United States v. Robert Lee Stevens

Robert Lee Stevens appeals from his conviction for making false statements to banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1014 , and for making a certificate of deposit without authority and with intent to defraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1005 . We affirm.

I

Appellant was found guilty after a jury-waived trial on stipulated facts. He admitted that on January 9,1975, he applied for a loan of $225,000 from the United California Bank and presented a stolen and forged Bank of America time certificate of deposit in the amount of $250,000 as security for that loan. The certificate had been stolen with the assistance of a Bank of America employee. Stevens signed the employee’s name to the certificate and to a letter acknowledging that the certificate'had been posted as security for the United California Bank loan. Stevens renewed the loan on February 2, 1976, again pledging the stolen and forged certificate as collateral. On March 10, 1975, he applied for a $125,000 loan from Gibraltar Savings and Loan; on January 20, 1976, he applied for a $5,000 loan from Lloyds Bank; on November 18, 1976, he applied for a $5,000 loan from Manufacturers…