U.S. v. HART

Nos. 00-2242 to 00-2244, 00-2283.

273 F.3d 363 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Sean HART, Neil White, Joseph Orlando, Lawrence Weil.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

November 29, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Patton (Argued), Livingston, NJ, Attorney for Appellant, Sean Hart.

Andrew J. Blair (Argued), Clifton, NJ, Attorney for Appellant, Neil White.

James W. Kraus (Argued), Doepken, Keevican & Weiss, Pittsburgh, PA, Attorney for Appellant, Joseph Orlando.

Marc A. Calello (Argued), Nutley, NJ, Attorney for Appellant, Lawrence Weil.

Norman J. Gross (Argued), Office of United States Attorney, Camden, NJ, George S. Leone, Office of United States Attorney, Newark, NJ, Attorneys for Appellee.

Before: SCIRICA, RENDELL and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.

This case involves five former stockbrokers of L.C. Wegard and Co., Inc., who sold high risk stocks to investors and were convicted for their roles in an extensive securities fraud conspiracy. The brokers made fraudulent statements, failed to disclose material information, employed high pressure sales techniques grossly exaggerating the merits of the stocks, and concealed these practices from both internal and...

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