United States v. Jonathan Webster

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

After Jonathan Webster pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of individuals’ identities with false offers of lending a helping hand, the district court imposed an eleven-year sentence. On appeal, Webster claims that the district court misapplied two enhancements to his advisory sentencing range: one for lying about representing a charity, the other for targeting vulnerable victims. We affirm.

To trick people into sharing their personal information, Jonathan Webster created websites for fake charities with reassuring, vaguely religious names such as

“The Angel Charity” and “4…