United States First Circuit

Defendants' convictions and sentences for two counts under the Wire Act, two counts under RICO, and one count for conducting an illegal gambling business, as well as another eighteen counts for defendant Lyons, are affirmed, where: 1) the district court properly instructed the jury on the government's charges that defendants violated the Wire Act; 2) the Wire Act applies to the internet; 3) ignorance of the law is no excuse; 4) defendants' convictions were not an improper extraterritorial application of the Wire Act; 5) there was sufficient evidence that defendants aided and abetted the receipt of sports bets, so the Wire Act properly applied; 6) the district court did not err in admitting into evidence a directory of agents from defendants' employer; and 7) defendants' remaining claims fail.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/17/2014
• Published 01/17/2014

Judges

• KAYATTA

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel