Legal Opinion
United States v. Denson
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 2, 2012No. 11-1042, 11-1043PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
WHAT THIS CASE IS ABOUT
Todd Denson spent about a year in federal prison for mail and wire fraud after he got caught up in one of those notorious “Nigerian” money “scams,” as law enforcement calls them. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 (mail fraud) & 1343 (wire fraud). The short version of what happened is this.
Apparently persons in Africa emailed Denson saying that he (Denson) had inherited the rights to an overseas company worth $9-plus million. They also said that there was a pile of cash in a Barclays Bank account in London just waiting there for him. All he had to do was send…
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