United States v. Raza (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-203-17, 41 pp.) (Robert King, J.) 16-4247; Nov. 20, 2017; USDC at Alexandria, Va. (Claude Hilton, S.J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The district court did not err in failing to require the defendant-bank employees’ misrepresentations in SunTrust ...

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A financier accused of taking millions of dollars in deposits for two planned North Myrtle Beach condominium projects has been sentenced to prison.

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A South Carolina man has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison and ordered to repay almost $4 million to his victims after being sentenced for wire fraud.

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U.S. v. Day The 4th Circuit affirms wire fraud, conspiracy and money laundering convictions for a defendant extradited from Mexico, who set up serial businesses to win government contracts to supply defective and nonconforming spare parts for use in U.S. military aircraft, vehicles and weapons systems, jeopardizing the safety and mission of service personnel, and who had coconspirators convert contract payments into gold bars and coins to smuggle into Mexico for him.

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U.S. v. Jefferson The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds multiple fraud convictions of former Louisiana Congressman William J. Jefferson, with the exception of a wire fraud conviction that is vacated for improper venue.

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Green Ventures International, LLC v. Guttridge. Even though plaintiff alleged predicate acts of wire fraud, plaintiff failed to allege the continuity required to raise defendants' alleged conspiracy above garden-variety business fraud. Defendants' Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion . . .

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