United States v. Harvey Keith Smith, United States of America v. Richard H. Palmer, United States of America v. Susan J. Grimm, A/K/A Joan Edwards

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge MURNAGHAN and Judge MOTZ joined.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

Harvey Keith Smith, Susan J. Grimm, and Richard H. Palmer were convicted of various counts of money laundering and wire fraud, based on their participation in a scheme to defraud Lagusa, Inc., a distributor of luxury motorcoaches manufactured in Belgium, as well as five lenders called upon to finance the purchase of buses from Lagusa. Palmer was also convicted of income tax evasion. The parties assign errors to numerous aspects of the trial leading to…