U.S. v. Boliaux

Record contained sufficient evidence to support defendant-car dealer’s conviction on wire and bank fraud counts, arising out of scheme to obtain duplicate car titles and then obtain multiple loans against single vehicles and sell certain vehicles without using proceeds to repay loans. Ct. rejected defendant’s claim that he did not transmit anything by wire and that there was no evidence to establish losses incurred by banks. Also, govt. witness could properly testify as expert on “floor planning” practice in lending industry, even though said witness was employed by one of defrauded banks, since said witness did not describe any special features of defrauded bank or any of defendant’s dealings with said lender, so that jury would understand that witness was expert and not fact witness.