United States v. Robert L. Ferrara

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

After Robert L. Ferrara pled guilty to six counts of contempt of court in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 401, the district court 1 sen tenced him to 125 months’ imprisonment in accordance with U.S.S.G. § 2F1.1. Ferrara appeals his sentence, arguing, inter alia, that the district court’s selection of § 2F1.1 as the most analogous guideline was erroneous. We affirm.

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Beginning in the early 1980s, Ferrara fraudulently sold business opportunities. He accepted money from his customers, knowing that they would not receive some or all of the things he had promised, including vending…