Legal Opinion
United States v. Andrew J. Loney
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 23, 1992No. 91-1340PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Andrew Loney participated in a scheme with an employee of American Airlines to add bogus mileage to frequent flyer accounts and to issue award coupons based upon that mileage. He now challenges his conviction of six counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Finding no error, we affirm.
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This case involves American Airlines’s frequent flyer program, the AAdvantage™ program. 1 Members of the program receive credit for miles traveled on American Airlines, and they may use that credit to obtain awards, including coupons that can be…
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