United States v. Edwin David Wood, II

While agreeing with the well-stated opinion of my colleagues on other issues, I respectfully dissent regarding their determination that venue did not lie in the Western District of Michigan under the mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1341. In that district, the defendant, through collaborators, engaged in a large portion of the fraudulent activities involved with this case. Further, while I concur with the majority opinion’s denial of a motion for acquittal, I offer a somewhat different explanation why Defendant Wood’s transactions were sales or encumbrances and not “short sales against the…