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A mailing made after a fraudulent scheme has come to fruition generally will not constitute an act of mail fraud because the mailing will not be considered to be in furtherance of the scheme to defraud. See McDonald, 18 F.3d 491 at 495; United States v. McClellan, 868 F.2d 210, 216 (7th Cir. 1989); Spiegel v. Continental Illinois Nat'l Bank, 790 F.2d 638, 649 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 987, 93 L. Ed. 2d 582, 107 S. Ct. 579 (1986); see also United States v. Maze, 414 U.S. 395, 402-03, 38 L. Ed. 2d 603, 94 S. Ct. 645 (1974). Case ...