Wilcher

MEMORANDUM ***

Jeanette B. Wilcher appeals her jury convictions and sentence for wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343 , money laundering-promoting unlawful activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956 (a)(1)(A)®, and *399 money laundering-transacting in property derived from unlawful activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1957 . Wilcher’s convictions arose out of a fraudulent investment scheme in which a group of intermediaries convinced the victim to “invest” $ 3.3 million in a high yield trading program. The money was then wired to Wilcher. In actual fact, there was no trading program, and the victim lost most of her investment when Wilcher and others appropriated the victim’s money for their own uses.

On appeal, Wilcher presents three claims: (1) the district court unduly limited cross-examination of the victim; (2) the jury instructions misstated the specific intent requirements of the wire fraud statute; and (3) her 92-month sentence is unlawful. Since the parties are familiar with the facts underlying each claim, we do not recite them here. We affirm on all three grounds.

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