Legal Opinion
United States v. James R. Downing, Samuel Ward, Daniel Drucker
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 1, 2002No. Docket 01-1437, 01-1485PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SACK, Circuit Judge.
Samuel Ward, a certified public accountant and principal of the accounting firm S.M. Ward Co., and Daniel Drucker, a former employee of Ward’s firm, appeal their convictions and respective sentences imposed by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Kevin Thomas Duffy, Judge) after a jury found them guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and securities fraud. Ward and Drucker appeal on many grounds, all but one of which we find to be without merit. We write primarily to clarify the application of two sections of the United States…
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