Legal Opinion
United States v. Abby Rae Cole
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 6, 2013No. 11-1232, 11-1513PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
A jury found Abby Rae Cole guilty of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349; tax evasion, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201; and conspiracy to commit tax fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. The mail and wire fraud conspiracy conviction stems from her company’s theft of nearly $33 million from Best Buy over a four-year period. 1 The tax fraud conspiracy and tax evasion convictions stem from understating tax liability by more than $3 million between 2004 and 2007 by using various schemes to conceal her company’s true profitability.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- United States v. BuchananCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
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