United States v. John Newton Griffith, United States of America v. Robert Philip Bernfeld, United States of America v. Kimball D. Richards

976 F.2d 738 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Newton GRIFFITH, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Philip BERNFELD, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kimball D. RICHARDS, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 89-50581, 89-50626 and 90-50241. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 3, 1992. Decided Sept. 18, 1992. Before WALLACE, Chief Judge, JAMES R. BROWNING and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * I. Overview 2 Kimball Richards, Robert Bernfeld, John Griffith and several others were convicted of multiple counts of bank fraud, mail fraud and wire fraud. They participated in a fraudulent leasing scheme in which Richards' company, Consolidated Allied Companies ("CAC"), agreed to lease musical equipment from Bernfeld's company, Riviera Capital Corporation ("Riviera"), for which Griffith worked. Riviera sold…