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U.S. v. SINE

No. 05-10575.

483 F.3d 990 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wesley SINE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 1, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell A. Cline, Crippen & Cline, Salt Lake City, UT, for the defendant-appellant.

John K. Vincent, Assistant United States Attorney, Sacramento, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before BETTY B. FLETCHER and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges, and DAVID G. TRAGER, District Judge.

OPINION

BERZON, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Wesley Sine, a Utah lawyer, helped run a pyramid scheme that defrauded victims of more than two million dollars. Sine's role in the scheme was to reassure individuals that they were lending money to a legitimate real estate investor and that millions of dollars in legitimate collateral protected them in case of default. Once the scheme started to unravel and it became clear that the collateral was worthless, Sine...

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