U.S. v. FLETE-GARCIA

Nos. 18-1067 18-1116.

925 F.3d 17 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Fulvio FLETE-GARCIA, a/k/a Fubio, a/k/a Israel Pagan Torres, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

May 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark W. Shea , with whom Shea & LaRocque, LLP, was on brief, for appellant.

Yael T. Epstein , Attorney, Tax Division, Department of Justice, with whom Richard E. Zuckerman , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, S. Roberts Lyons , Chief, Criminal Appeals & Tax Enforcement Policy Section, Stanley J. Okula, Jr. , White Plains, NY, and Alexander P. Robbins , Attorneys, Tax Division, and Andrew E. Lelling , United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Kayatta, Circuit Judge, Souter, Associate Justice, and Selya, Circuit Judge.


Having identified defendant-appellant Fulvio Flete-Garcia as the architect of a massive swindle, the government charged him with a litany of fraud-based crimes. Following four days of trial, Flete-Garcia threw in the towel and entered a straight guilty plea to all 48 counts of the indictment. Prior to sentencing, though, Flete...

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