Legal Opinion
United States of America v. Edmond Xavier Ramirez, Sr.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 2, 1999No. 98-4133PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
In 1993, Edmond Xavier Ramirez solicited $1,540,000 from Minnesota investors to produce an electric car, deposited the funds in an escrow account in a Minnesota bank, and then transferred the monies out of trust to make extravagant personal purchases. A jury convicted him of two counts of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343, and ten counts of engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from that fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1957. In sentencing Ramirez to sixty-six months in prison and ordering him to pay restitution in the amount of $3,089,000, the…
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