Legal Opinion
United States v. Sloan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 9, 2007No. 06-2392PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted James L. Sloan of six counts of mail fraud and 26 counts of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 1343. The district court sentenced Sloan to 18 months of incarceration, followed by two years of supervised release, and ordered him to pay $19,654.60 in restitution. Sloan now appeals his judgment of conviction and sentence. We affirm.
I. Background
With an offer of “Free Electricity for Life! Plus—the opportunity to make $492,000.00 per year” and other similar offers, Sloan enticed at least ninety individuals to join his organization, the Christian…
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