United States v. Everett Sileven

Everett Sileven appeals from his convictions and sentences in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska 1 for one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. §371 and three counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341. He argues numerous grounds of error which are unpersuasive. We affirm.

Sileven was the president of American Financial Services (AFS). Sileven was also the pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Louisville, Nebraska. Acting on a tip from the Nebraska State Patrol, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) began an investigation of…