United States v. Vincent C. Picone, (Two Cases)

Vincent C. Picone appeals from the denial by the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri 1 of his motion to withdraw his plea of guilty to mail fraud and attempted income tax evasion. We affirm.

Picone was charged in three separate indictments with one count of attempted income tax evasion, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201, two counts of using the United States mail in connection with insurance fraud schemes involving arson, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 2, and other related offenses. Investigation was well under way regarding a fourth possible indictment of…