Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit July 1, 1996, 96-1188 (United States v. George Lindemann, Jr.)

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

“Charisma,” a show horse, died in its stall on the night of December 15, 1990. The insurance company that had issued a policy on Charisma’s life concluded that the death was the result of natural causes and paid the $250,000 value of the policy.