Legal Opinion
United States v. Jose Omar Cruz-Mercado, United States of America v. Victor Fajardo-Velez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 2, 2004No. 03-1077, 03-1078PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Appellants Victor Fajardo-Velez and Jose Omar Cruz-Mercado were the Secretary and Associate Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE) when they devised an extortion and kickback scheme that allegedly involved fraudulent payments of more than $4.3 million in cash and property from PRDE contractors. Appellants entered into separate cooperation agreements with the government and pled guilty to several counts in exchange for what they hoped would be shorter sentences. Those hopes were not realized, however, and appellants now raise a series of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Liteky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- United States v. SaxenaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
- United States v. AlegriaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- United States v. FrazierCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
- United States v. Ronald E. TilleyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
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- Olson v. Fajardo-VelezDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 2006
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