United States v. Bruce Randolph Borjesson, A/K/A Randy Borjesson Bryan Borjesson

46 F.3d 1146 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Bruce Randolph BORJESSON, a/k/a Randy Borjesson; Bryan Borjesson, Defendant-Appellant. No. 93-30406. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Jan. 13, 1995. * Decided Jan. 18, 1995. 1 Before: WRIGHT and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges, and GONZALEZ, ** District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Borjesson was convicted of one count of equity skimming and five counts of mail fraud, and was sentenced to 38 months in prison. He appeals his conviction and sentence. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 and affirm. I. Sufficiency of the evidence. 1 4 A. Equity skimming. 5 Equity skimming is "the practice of purchasing one-to-four family dwellings subject to a loan insured by either the FHA or the VA and applying the rent receipts for personal gain rather than towards payment of the mortgages." United States v. Laykin, 886 F.2d 1534, 1537 (9th Cir.1989), cert.…