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U.S. v. LEDEE

Nos. 13-1067, 13-1078.

772 F.3d 21 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Astrid Colón LEDÉE, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Edgardo Colón Ledée, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 5, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Víctor M. Agrait-Defilló ; for appellant Astrid Colón Ledée. Rafael F. Castro-Lang , with whom Nicolás Nogueras Cartagena was on brief, for appellant Edgardo Colón Ledée.

Charles Robert Walsh, Jr. , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, Nelson Pérez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and John A. Mathews II , Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

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

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Appellants in this consolidated appeal are a brother and sister who were found guilty of multiple bankruptcy-related crimes designed to conceal the brother's assets and thereby avoid his obligations to creditors. The pair assert a host of trial and sentencing errors, none of which we find meritorious. Accordingly, we affirm both siblings' convictions and sentences.

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