United States v. William Peters, Richard F. Ellis, and Peters Fabrics, Inc.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Peters Fabrics, Inc., its president, William Peters, and its vice president, Richard Ellis, appeal from convictions for mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341, and conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. § 371, arising out of a scheme to defraud their insurance company by claiming property loss due to fire and theft. The jury convicted all defendants on two counts of mail fraud and one count of conspiracy. Prior to sentencing, the district court granted Ellis’s motion for judgment of acquittal on one of the mail fraud counts. Defendants challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, the…