United States v. Robert Brown, Jr.

OPINION

HURWITZ, Circuit Judge:

Indicted for operating a Ponzi scheme, Robert Brown pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. His partner in the scheme, Duane Eddings, proceeded to trial and was convicted of six counts of mail fraud, one count of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, and three counts of tax evasion. Some of Eddings’s convictions arose from the Ponzi scheme and others from a bankruptcy fraud. Brown appeals his sentence; Eddings appeals his convictions 1 and sentence.

We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand for…