United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's conviction and sentence for mail and wire fraud are affirmed where: 1) evidence regarding one of the trusts involved in the charged fraudulent scheme was inextricably intertwined with the indictment and thus properly admitted; and 2) even if defendant's website did not convince any of defendant's victims to invest and was not widely viewed, the district court nonetheless did not err in applying the mass-marketing enhancement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/04/2010
• Published 05/04/2010

Judges

• RILEY, Chief Judge., Before RILEY, Chief Judge, WOLLMAN and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

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