People v. Lueth, 660 N.W.2d 322 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002)

Cases | People v. Lueth, 660 N.W.2d 322 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002) | 2018

The defendant was convicted of larceny by false pretenses of over $100, embezzlement by an agent of over $100, and horse racing violations. The defendant was ordered to pay $454,125 in restitution to the victim, a racetrack. On appeal, the defendant claimed that the trial court’s determination of the amount of restitution was erroneous. The appellate court found no abuse of discretion. There was ample evidence that the total cost to the victim exceeded $500,000. There was no requirement that the defendant personally benefited to that extent, only that his criminal acts caused that amount of loss. The court allowed the amount to be offset by credits from payments from other sources.