United States v. Christopher Jackson

MEMORANDUM

1. The government introduced sufficient evidence at trial to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Christopher Jackson committed wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343 . Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, a reasonable jury could conclude that Jackson participated in a scheme to defraud, used wire, transfers in furtherance of the scheme, and specifically intended to defraud his victims. See United States v. Jinian, 725 F.3d 954, 960 (9th Cir. 2013). Jackson misrepresented to investors that the money they loaned would be used to fund “no-risk” real estate development projects when in actuality Jacksoh used the money they loaned to pay for Jackson’s personal expenses and to pay Genesis’ earlier investors. We reject Jackson’s argument that the government had an obligation to establish that funds equal to the amount investors gave Jackson were not invested in KOA and Sycamore through other investment clubs. Though tracing of particular amounts may have been immaterial, there was no evidence raising a serious question whether amounts roughly equal to the money loaned were invested in real estate.

The district court did not abuse its…