U.S. v. DEPPE

No. 07-1048.

509 F.3d 54 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Michael R. DEPPE, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 11, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arza Feldman, Steven A. Feldman, and Feldman and Feldman on brief for appellant.

Adam J. Bookbinder, Assistant United States Attorney, and Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, SELYA and STAHL, Senior Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.

The circus impresario, P.T. Barnum, is famously reputed to have said that "there's a sucker born every minute." That droll commentary on the human condition, whether or not fairly attributed to Barnum,1 appears to be as insightful in cyber-commerce as in face-to-face business transactions. This conclusion is borne out by the case at hand, which involves an Internet fraud.

In the appeal proper, we are...

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