United States v. McQueen

SILER, Circuit Judge.

David McQueen appeals his conviction and sentence for six counts of mail fraud, four counts of spending money laundering, one count of structuring, and one count of concealment money laundering. For the reasons explained below, we AFFIRM.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 2006, McQueen used a home equity loan acquired from the purchase of a rental home to personally invest in Maximum Return Trading (MRT).1 Jim Clements, the owner of MRT, represented to McQueen that Clements was earning returns of forty to fifty percent per month from currency trading. Clements told…