Panel Upholds Mail Fraud, Wire Fraud, Money Laundering Convictions

Mealey's (April 4, 2019, 8:04 AM EDT) -- HONOLULU — Jury instructions presented at the trial of two individuals charged with mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering based on their alleged operation of a Ponzi scheme did not constructively amend the indictment against the defendants by allowing the jury to convict based on an uncharged fraudulent nondisclosure theory, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled April 1 in an unpublished memorandum opinion (United States v. George Lindell, No. 16-10418, and United States v. Holly Hoaeae, No. 16-10422, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 9492)....