Legal Opinion
United States v. Douglas Lumir Stolba
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 10, 2004No. 03-1817PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Douglas Stolba, an investment advisor who embezzled his clients’ funds and provided them with fraudulent account statements over a period of twenty-six years, pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341. At sentencing, the district court imposed an upward adjustment pursuant to § 3C1.1 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines, from which Mr. Stolba now appeals. Because Mr. Stolba’s obstructive conduct un-disputedly occurred before any official investigation of his mail fraud offenses, we vacate the sentence and remand for…
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