scheme reached fruition
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From 323 U.S. 88 - Kann v. United States · 1944Most cited · 1,126 citing opinions
The scheme in each case had reached fruition. The persons intended to receive the money had received it irrevocably. It was immaterial to them, or to any consummation of the scheme, how the bank which paid or credited the check would collect from the drawee bank. It cannot be said that the mailings in question were for the purpose of executing the scheme, as the statute requires.