https://padlet.com/matthew_zro/vnv4pz4phnni ch.5 en-us 2018-09-27 06:19:07 UTC 2018-09-27 06:29:48 UTC hello@padlet.com matthew_zro https://padlet.com/matthew_zro/vnv4pz4phnni/wish/286352909 Andrea and Norman Anderson were running a Ponzi scheme where many persons were being defrauded. They would tell their victims that Andrea Anderson had a sister who was supposedly named “Lenore Lawrence” who worked at Goldman Sachs. They told the victims that Lenore would be purchasing their stocks for them. Victims were also receiving emails supposedly sent from Lawrence telling them that their instructions to sell off their stocks.]]> 2018-09-27 06:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_zro/vnv4pz4phnni/wish/286352909 matthew_zro https://padlet.com/matthew_zro/vnv4pz4phnni/wish/286353161 According to the evidence, 11 victims lost approximately around $915,000. The jury convicted the Andersons on all 12 counts. They were sentenced to 57 months in prison and ordered to pay the $915,000 in restitution. The Andersons appealed their convictions and their sentences to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which issued an unsigned Per Curiam opinion.]]> 2018-09-27 06:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_zro/vnv4pz4phnni/wish/286353161 matthew_zro https://padlet.com/matthew_zro/vnv4pz4phnni/wish/286353244 The Anderson’s argue that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the jury’s verdict of guilty on the 12 counts of conviction. Mentioning that Count 1 should be dismissed because it fails to state an offense.]]> 2018-09-27 06:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_zro/vnv4pz4phnni/wish/286353244 matthew_zro https://padlet.com/matthew_zro/vnv4pz4phnni/wish/286353281 There was sufficient evidence to conclude that the Andersons were guilty on all charges.]]> 2018-09-27 06:22:51 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_zro/vnv4pz4phnni/wish/286353281 matthew_zro https://padlet.com/matthew_zro/vnv4pz4phnni/wish/286353382 The court explains that the it was enacted in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that any person who attempts or conspires to commit any offense under this chapter shall be subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense.]]> 2018-09-27 06:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_zro/vnv4pz4phnni/wish/286353382 matthew_zro https://padlet.com/matthew_zro/vnv4pz4phnni/wish/286353402 Convictions of defendants affirmed; sentences imposed on them affirmed.]]> 2018-09-27 06:23:30 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_zro/vnv4pz4phnni/wish/286353402