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U.S. v. COPPLE

No. 93-3003.

24 F.3d 535 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. COPPLE, John R., an individual; Mechem Financial Incorporated, a corporation, John R. Copple, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 17, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard G. Ambrose III (argued), William P. Weichler, Ambrose, Friedman & Weichler, Erie, PA, for appellee.

Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., U.S. Atty., Bonnie R. Schlueter (argued), Asst. U.S. Atty., Pittsburgh, PA, for appellant.

Before: BECKER, NYGAARD and ALITO, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

John Copple, former President of Mechem Financial, Inc., ("Mechem"), an investment firm specializing in the management of "pre-need" funeral funds, was convicted by a jury of mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1342, and income tax evasion, 26 U.S.C. § 7201. The district court sentenced him to 71 months imprisonment, a $100,000 fine and three years supervised release, and ordered him to pay over $4 million...

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