Legal Opinion
United States v. Mueffelman
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 28, 2006No. 05-2616PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
By a superseding indictment, Steven Mueffelman was charged by a federal grand jury with 15 counts of mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (2000), and 3 counts of wire fraud. Id. § 1343. A co-defendant, John Lombardi, pled guilty, but Mueffelman went to trial in a proceeding lasting almost a month. Reserving details and disputed issues for the discussion below, the evidence showed the following.
In the summer of 1996, Mueffelman, Lombardi and an attorney formed a business venture, using an inactive corporation whose name they changed to Commonwealth Capital Funding Corporation…
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