United States v. Richard J. Collins

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Richard Collins and others incorporated Gateway Association, Inc., and used it as a conduit to fraudulently raise millions of dollars from unsuspecting investors. Much of the money he kept for his own use or transferred to benefit friends. Once caught and charged, he pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud and was sentenced to ten years in prison. On appeal, Collins challenges a four-level increase in his sentence, claiming that Gateway was improperly labeled a financial institution under U.S.S.G. § 2Fl.l(b)(6). We affirm.

In November 1997, Richard Collins and his…