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U.S. v. BENNETT

No. 97-1816.

161 F.3d 171 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America v. John G. BENNETT, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided November 16, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Goldberger (Argued), Ardmore, Pennsylvania, for Appellant.

Richard W. Goldberg (Argued), Judy Goldstein-Smith (Argued), Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellee.

Before: SCIRICA, NYGAARD and SEITZ, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence and certain pretrial rulings on a nolo contendere plea entered by defendant John G. Bennett, Jr., President of New Era Philanthropy. Bennett was sentenced to 144 months in prison for perpetrating the largest charity fraud in history, a six-year scheme in which he solicited over $350 million in contributions for a bogus "matching" program. We will affirm.

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