United States v. William E. Tully, Appeal of Travis v. Pherson

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Donald L. Vauters, Jr., was indicted for several counts of mail fraud, securities violations, and money laundering. In a plea agreement with the government, he acknowledged his involvement in a conspiracy to commit mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, and agreed that proceeds from the sale of certain real estate, titled in his wife’s name but under his direct control, would be used to pay restitution to his victims. When the government filed a motion to disburse the proceeds from the sale of the property to the restitution victims, various individual claimants…