United States First Circuit

Sentence and restitution ordered against defendant following a conviction for wire fraud and money laundering is affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court's calculation of the amount of loss for determining defendant's Guideline sentence was excessive; 2) the district court erred in concluding that the scheme involved more than 250 victims for purposes of a six-level sentencing enhancement; and 3) the restitution order amount was erroneous due to an absence of a causal link between the criminal offense and the loss amount.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/12/2008
• Published 05/12/2008

Judges

• CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and STAHL, Senior Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Tamara A. Barney, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Donald C. Lockhart, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Robert Clark Corrente, United States Attorney, and Luis M. Matos, First Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.