United States v. Quevedo, No. 10-3104 (8th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of ten counts of submitting false claims against the United States and one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States with respect to claims. Defendant appealed his conviction and sentence. The court held that there was sufficient evidence to show that defendant filed each of the ten tax returns at issue and committed the charged offenses. The court also held that the district court did not procedurally err in sentencing defendant based on the amount of loss caused by defendant's offenses and based on the number of victims of his offenses.
Court Description: Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. Evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction for conspiracy to defraud the United States through filing false tax returns; no error in imposing enhancements for amount of loss or number of victims.
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