U.S. v. MERRIMAN

No. 10-1439.

647 F.3d 1002 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shawn Richard MERRIMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on the briefs:*

Patrick L. Ridley of Ridley, McGreevy, Winocur & Weisz, PC, Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellant.

John F. Walsh , United States Attorney; Andrew A. Vogt , Assistant United States Attorney, Denver, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, McKAY, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.


McKAY, Circuit Judge.

In early 2009, Appellant Shawn Merriman approached an otherwise unsuspecting U.S. Attorney's Office and disclosed he had engaged in a long-running Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of over twenty-million dollars. At the time of his disclosure, Mr. Merriman offered several million dollars of assets to the government so that it could liquidate the assets and eventually remit the proceeds to Mr. Merriman's victims. He cooperated with authorities...

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