UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeffrey Allan FISCHER, Defendant-Appellant

HULL, Circuit Judge:

A jury convicted appellant Jeffrey Allan Fischer on thirteen counts, including violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 (conspiracy), 666 (fraud and bribery involving an organization receiving federal funds), 1341 (mail fraud), 1343 (wire fraud), and 1957 (money launder ing). 1 Fischer appeals his convictions and sixty-five-month sentence.

Fischer contends, inter alia, that his convictions on two counts under § 666 and on a related conspiracy count should be reversed because the Government did not prove the statutory prerequisite that the agency affected by Fischer’s wrongdoing…