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U.S. v. SHEPHARD

No. 17-4148.

892 F.3d 666 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darra Lee SHEPHARD, a/k/a Nora Southerland, a/k/a Donna Ramirez, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 15, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Chiege Ojugo Kalu Okwara , LAW OFFICE OF CHIEGE O. KALU OKWARA, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. Joanna Katherine Wood Bowman , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Kenneth A. Blanco , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Trevor N. McFadden , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Ellen R. Meltzer , William H. Bowne , Gustav W. Eyler , Fraud Section, Criminal Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; Jill Westmoreland Rose , United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Diaz wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge Niemeyer joined. Judge Wynn wrote a dissenting opinion.

Darra Lee Shephard conspired to defraud U.S. residents through a telemarketing sweepstakes scheme. From a call center in Costa Rica, Shephard and others would tell their unwitting victims that they had won a sweepstakes prize. The catch? Winners could receive their prize money only after paying a "refundable insurance fee."...

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