Totaro v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTHERN DIVISION RONALD N. TOTARO, 4:19-CV-04057-RAL Petitioner, vs. OPINION AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR COMPASSIONATE RELEASE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. Ronald Totaro was convicted by a jury of 61 counts of mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, engaging in unlawful money transactions, and RICO racketeering in 2001. United States v. Totaro, No CR 99-40137—RHB, 2010 WL 883773, at *1 (D.S.D. March 10, 2010); Doc. 1 at 5. The convictions resulted from an “advance fee” scheme Totaro ran from 1984 until 1999 in which he scammed…