Legal Opinion
United States v. Wilda M. Thomas Elizabeth W. Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 5, 1995No. 93-6673PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
Wilda and Elizabeth Thomas appeal their convictions and sentences for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud stemming from the operation of a loan brokerage firm. We affirm their convictions but remand for resentencing.
I. STATEMENT OF FACTS
Wilda Thomas and her mother, Elizabeth Thomas, owned and operated a loan brokerage firm called The Regency Group in Birmingham, Alabama. The Regency Group purportedly matched borrowers with lenders for an advance fee. In March of 1988, Joe Roberts, one of the Regency Group’s clients, complained about its practices to…
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