Wrobel
United States v. Wrobel
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM *
Georgina Diane Wrobel appeals her conviction and sentence for 65 counts of wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343 , 8 counts of money laundering under 18 U.S.C. § 1956 (a)(1)(A), and 1 count of money laundering under 18 U.S.C. § 1957 . Wrobel was sentenced to 168 months imprisonment. We have jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and affirm.
I
Wrobel argues that the evidence was insufficient for conviction on the wire fraud counts as to which no victim testified. However, the evidence shows that AEF and USPI were boiler room operations whose salespersons used the same *725 fraudulent script (deviating only to make it more deceptive) to solicit contributions over the telephone from out-of-state victims, who then sent checks to the enterprises. The government introduced tape recordings of telephone calls and copies of sales orders and checks. Had no call been made to the particular victims listed in the counts in question, no check would have been received from them and no sales order for them would have been made out. 1 This is ample circumstantial evidence that fraudulent telephone calls were made to the victims listed in all counts upon which Wrobel was convicted of wire…