Jerome D. Linden, Robert R. Baylis, Classified Business Directory, Inc., and Directory Listings, Inc. v. United States

SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge.

The two individuals and two corporations who prosecute this appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland were convicted of violating the Mail Fraud statute 1 ******and the Aiding and Abetting statute. 2 The appellants challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain their conviction, and also allege error in the admission of certain testimony.

The indictment charges that the defendants “devised and intended to devise a fraudulent scheme and artifice * * * to induce those intended to be defrauded to purchase listings or advertisements in…