United States v. Troy Becker, James Cockrell, Kyle G. Bretz and James McCollom Defendants

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

The four appellants, Bretz, McCollom, Becker, and Cockrell, were convicted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas of conspiracy to defraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 and fifteen substantive offenses committed in furtherance of the conspiracy, consisting of mail fraud, wire fraud, and interstate transportation of checks taken by fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1343, and 2314. The appellants were four of eight persons named as co-conspirators in the government’s indictment. One of the alleged co-conspirators, McCord, pleaded…