U.S. v. DESIMONE

No. 11-1996.

699 F.3d 113 (2012)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Rocco P. DeSIMONE, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 9, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Seiger for appellant.

Donald C. Lockhart , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Peter F. Neronha , United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, BOUDIN and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Rocco DeSimone, a persuasive con man operating in Rhode Island, defrauded a number of investors, most neither wealthy nor experienced in investing, in a series of schemes which used the mails. He also laundered money he received from the fraud by buying himself a $180,000 sports car. He freely lied to his victims about three supposedly sizzling new inventions with purportedly huge market potential, well aware that his statements were false —...

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