Joseph Furando v. USA

  1. July 08, 2022

    7th Circ. Vacates Biofuel Fraud Forfeiture Interest Ruling

    The Seventh Circuit on Friday found the wife of convicted biofuel credit fraudster Joseph Furando should have been given a chance to make her case to exclude certain assets from government forfeiture, vacating a lower court's denial of her third-party forfeiture interest petition in the proceedings surrounding her husband's $145 million scheme. 

  2. June 03, 2022

    7th Circ. Probes Errors In Biofuel Fraudster Forfeiture Rulings

    The wife of convicted fraudster Joseph Furando urged the Seventh Circuit Friday to bar the government from inspecting their assets and selling a home the couple owned, arguing a lower court made a serious error by denying her third-party forfeiture interest petition without an evidentiary hearing or any dispositive motion filed.