UNITED STATES v. BESSESEN

No. 19779.

433 F.2d 861 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Henry BESSESEN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee E. Brophy, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant.

J. Earl Cudd, Asst. U. S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee.

Before MATTHES, Chief Judge, HEANEY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Henry Bessesen, was tried and convicted of twenty-one counts of using the mails in connection with a scheme or artifice to defraud (18 U.S. C.A. § 1341) and four counts of using the mails to sell securities in a scheme or artifice to defraud (15 U.S.C.A. § 77q (a)). The defendant was sentenced to concurrent five-year terms on each count. We affirm.

The defendant's convictions relate to his activities as promoter...

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