United States v. Edgar

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Charles Martin Edgar, formerly a U.S. Department of Commerce employee, was convicted of three counts of making false statements on his federal workers’ compensation claims, and of one count of mail fraud arising from a false automobile accident claim to an insurer. He was acquitted on other charges, including bankruptcy fraud. 1 Edgar was sentenced to one year and one day in prison plus two years of supervised release and was fined $5000.

His appeal argues that joinder of the bankruptcy fraud, workers’ compensation fraud and insurance fraud was improper, as was the refusal…