People v. DeVaughn CA4/2

A jury convicted defendant Michael Owen DeVaughn (Michael) of 16 counts of identity theft (Pen. Code, § 530.5, subd. (a)), nine counts of money laundering (§ 186.10, subd. (a)), two of which involved sums greater than $50,000 and less than $150,000 (§ 186.10, subd. (c)(1)(A)), two counts of causing a false financial document to be filed (§ 532a, subd. (1)), four counts of operating as an unlicensed escrow agent (Fin. Code, § 17200), three counts of recording a false document (§ 115), six counts of grand theft (§ 487, subd. (a)) and two counts of elder abuse (§ 368, subd. (d))—seven of the latter three crimes involving sums in excess of $150,000 (former § 12022.6, subd. (a)(2)). The jury further found that Michael had committed more than one felony, an element of which was fraud or embezzlement, involving sums in excess of $500,000 (§ 186.11, subd. (a)(2)). The same jury convicted Stepfon Macey (Macey) of two counts each of money laundering and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (former § 12021, subd. (a)(1)) and one count of possession of ammunition by an ex-felon (former § 12316, subd. (b)(1)). In bifurcated proceedings, the trial court found Macey had suffered…