United States v. Charles Edward Louderman, United States of America v. Jacquelyn Mary Louderman, AKA Jackie Williams

The Appeal

The appellant Charles Louderman appeals from his judgment of conviction and suspended sentence under probation entered by the District Court on January 10, 1977 for violating 18 U.S.C. § 1343 (wire fraud). The appellant Jacquelyn Louder-man appeals from her judgment of conviction and sentence to custody followed by probation entered by the District Court on the same date for violating 18 U.S.C. § 1343 (wire fraud), 18 U.S.C. § 2 (aiding and abetting), and 18 U.S.C. § 912 (impersonating an officer or employee of the United States). Each of the mentioned judgments of conviction and sentence was based upon jury verdicts of guilty. The appellant Jacquelyn Louderman is at liberty on bail pending appeal.

We note jurisdiction and affirm each of the judgments of conviction and sentence.

Facts

The appellants operated a Los Angeles based corporation called “Sources Unlimited” which engaged in “skip-tracing”; i. e., the process of locating debtors who have “skipped-out” on unpaid bills. Its customers included major corporations, banks and, in one instance, the Los Angeles Police Department. In an attempt to locate a particular individual, Sources Unlimited would call telephone…