United States Tenth Circuit

Under the mail fraud statute, 18 USC 1341, evidence that defendant used proceeds obtained from victims as "income" in disability insurance application is sufficient to connect the misrepresentation to the victims with the false statements on the application as part of a "common scheme".

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/24/2001
• Published 05/24/2001

Judges

• SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge., Before SEYMOUR, BALDOCK and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Submitted On The Briefs:  Michael G. Katz, Federal Public Defender, and Jenine Jensen, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellant., Paul M. Warner, United States Attorney, Scott J. Thorley, Assistant United States Attorney, and Mark Y. Hirata, Assistant United States Attorney, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff-Appellee.