United States v. Russo

OPINION OF THE COURT

VAN ANTWERPEN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Anthony Russo (“Russo”) was one of three defendants indicted in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. Russo himself was also charged with an additional ten counts, alleging mail fraud that resulted in the loss of money, property, and deprivation of the right to the honest services of public officials (18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 & 1346), embezzlement or conversion of governmental property (18 U.S.C. § 641), and making false and…