11th Circuit Panel Upholds Sentencing Enhancement In Bank, Wire Fraud Conviction

Mealey's (October 26, 2020, 1:27 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — In what it deemed an issue of first impression, an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Oct. 22 ruled that a federal district court correctly applied a two-level enhancement in applying the sentence for an individual convicted of orchestrating a bank and wire fraud scheme in which he bilked more than $2 million from an investment firm’s related entity (United States of America v. Gerti Muho, No. 18-11248, 11th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 33339)....