United States v. W. Darrell Zang and Louis Porter

SETH, Chief Judge.

The defendants, W. Darrell Zang and Louis Porter, were convicted by a jury of one count of conspiracy (18 U.S.C. § 371), six counts of mail fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1341 and § 2), eight counts of wire fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1343 and § 2), and one count of racketeering (18 U.S.C. § 1962(a), § 1963, and § 2). The court sentenced each of the defendants to five years on each count to be served concurrently, a total fine of $49,000, and ordered the forfeiture, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1963(a)(1), of the defendants’ respective interests in Dalco Investments, which included an interest in the…