Legal Opinion
United States v. Michael Peppel
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 15, 2013No. 11-4327, 11-4391PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-Appellee Michael Peppel, former President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of MCSi, Inc. (“MCSi”), conspired with CFO Ira Stanley to falsify MCSi accounting records and financial statements in order to conceal the actual earnings from shareholders, while at the same time laundering proceeds from the sale of his own shares in a public stock offering. For this conduct, the sentencing guidelines provided a sentencing range of 97-121 months’ imprisonment. The district court, based almost solely on its estimation of Peppel as “a…
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