United States v. Tamika Riley

OPINION OF THE COURT

RESTANI, Judge.

Defendant-Appellants and Cross-Appellees (“Appellants”) Sharpe James (“James”) and Tamika Riley (“Riley”) were convicted in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey of three counts of mail fraud (Counts 1-3) as part of a scheme to convey City-owned property in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 and 2, one count of fraud (Count 4) involving a local government receiving federal funds in connection with the fraudulent sale of City-owned properties in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(A) and 2, and one count of conspiracy (Count 5) to defraud…