Legal Opinion
United States v. Artemus E. Ward, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 16, 2007No. 05-11622PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
Artemus E. Ward, Jr. (“Ward”) appeals his conviction after jury trial and his ensuing sixty-month prison sentence for mail and wire fraud. The charges arose out of Ward’s involvement in a complex, fraudulent Ponzi scheme, 1 whereby millions of dollars in investor funds were obtained by making false representations that the investments would be used to make loans to used car dealers, that the investors would be paid high rates of interest, and that the loans would be fully insured by liens on the dealers’ inventories of used cars. Ward claims on appeal that his conviction…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Pinkerton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Stirone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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