UNITED STATES V. SAADA
212 F.3d 210 (3rd Cir. 2000)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a dispute over a conviction for insurance fraud and
improperly admitted evidence.
FACTS: Saada (D) owned and operated a business named Scrimshaw Handicrafts. D and the
business were under serious financial difficulties. Ds were sued on a $6 million bank loan
they had personally guaranteed and were liable for a $3.8 million settlement. In 1990, Ds
contacted Ezra Rishty, for help in an insurance fraud scheme. A number of parties were
enlisted to create a false insurance claim. They staged a flooding in Scrimshaw's warehouse
caused by a broken sprinkler head. Ds submitted an insurance claim and proof of loss to
Chubb for the merchandise damaged by the purported accident. Ds submitted forged invoices
which aroused the suspicions of Chubb. Eventually the insurance fraud ring that helped Ds
was broken. The ring leaders pleaded guilty to various fraud-related offenses and entered
into cooperation agreements with the government. Ds were charged with one count of
conspiracy to defraud an insurance company, three counts of mail fraud, and one count of
wire fraud. Ds' defense was that Rishty and Beyda were falsely implicating them in order to
receive the benefit of motions for reduced sentences on the charges to which they had pled
guilty. The jury convicted Ds on four counts in the indictment. Ds moved unsuccessfully for
a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence. Ds appealed for a number of reasons
and the casebook was only concerned with the improper admission of evidence.
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