United States v. William Arthur Widgery

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Widgery was charged in a twenty-eight count indictment with mail fraud and wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 1343 (1976). A jury found Widgery guilty of counts I through X of the indictment. The district court sentenced him to five years on each of the ten counts, the sentences to run concurrently, and fined him $500 on each count. On appeal Widgery contends that 1) the Government’s evidence failed to establish a scheme to defraud and the requisite use of the mails and wire communications in furtherance of the alleged scheme and 2) the district court…