United States v. Clark

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Richard Clark was charged and convicted of multiple counts relating to his participation in a “pump- and-dump” securities fraud scheme. Ex-erasing jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm Mr. Clark’s conviction.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

This case arises from a classic pump- and-dump scheme that was orchestrated principally by Mr. Clark’s co-defendant, George David Gordon. In a separate opinion, we recently affirmed Mr. Gordon’s convictions and sentence. See United States v. Gordon, 710 F.3d 1124 (10th Cir.2013). In doing so, we set…