United States v. Jack Nicholis D'uva, United States of America v. Mark Thomas Taggatz Jack Nicholis D'Uva

89 F.3d 847 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Jack Nicholis D'UVA, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mark Thomas TAGGATZ; Jack Nicholis D'Uva, Defendants-Appellants, No. 95-50167, 95-50169. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 4, 1996. Decided June 27, 1996. Before: SKOPIL, CANBY, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * I. 2 The government charged defendants Jack Nicholes D'Uva and Mark Thomas Taggatz in a 26-count indictment alleging conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 (count 1); securities fraud in violation of 15 U.S.C. §§ 78j(b), 78ff, and 17 C.F.R. § 240 .10b-5 (counts 2 through 16); mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (counts 17 through 20); money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956 (a)(1)(A)(i) (counts 21 through 23); and engaging in monetary transactions in proceeds of a crime…