United States v. Gerald N. Klauber

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

Gerald N. Klauber was indicted on 26 counts under the mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1341, and one count of racketeering under 18 U.S.C. § 1962. 1 Ten of the mail fraud counts were nolle prossed prior to trial. The jury found Klauber guilty on the sixteen remaining mail fraud counts and on the racketeering count.

The scheme or artifice to defraud and the pattern of racketeering activity asserted against Klauber grew out of his conduct as a partner in the law firm of Fine and Klauber, P.A. The evidence at trial permitted a jury conclusion that Klauber was engaged in a…