Keith v. Harned v. United States

Keith Harned appeals pro se the denial of his motion to vacate his sentence of 210 months of imprisonment for conspiracy to launder monetary instruments. 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Based on his involvement in a Ponzi scheme to sell promissory notes with no source of income other than the investors’ funds, a jury convicted Harned of numerous crimes including conspiring to launder monetary instruments that were derived from unlawful activity, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(A)®, and that exceeded $10,000, id. § 1957. The jury returned a general verdict of guilty as to the conspiracy, and later the district court…