| Subject: | Re: RE: [RESOGUIT-L] Boze Update: Guilty Plea, Factual Resume, Sentencing Date | | Date: | Friday, May 18, 2007 22:19:19 (-0700) | | From: | Charlie Campbell <campbell @...edu>
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| In reply to: | Message 6800 (written by Charlie Campbell) |
>I can;t even imagine how Mike's sterling reputation can be sullied
>by anyone or anything.
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>It should also be noted that Jim Heffernan was probably the greatest
>victim of the entire scheme. Not only wasn't he paid for most of
>his workshops, he was not even reimbursed for many of his related
>expenses and was left holding the bag for many, many thousands of
>dollars in air tickets and hotel bills.
I forgot to mention the saddest part of this story. Matt/Ray is
accused of mail fraud. Mail fraud is a federal offense and is meant
to apply to people that made solicitations by mail that crossed state
lines for services (like building a dobro) that they never intended
to fulfill. It is a federal offense because it crosses state lines.
Of course it has been extended to include any solicitation made over
any interstate carrier like UPS, Fedex or anything on the internet
like Paypal (Matt's favorite mechanism).
Jim Heffernan was clearly defrauded by Matt/Ray, but it is not clear
to me that it is technically "mail fraud" in the classic sense. But
at the same time, as Matt lived in Texas and Jim in Philidelphia, the
promise crossed state lines, so maybe it applies. So Betty, what is
the law here? I hope that Jim, as the largest victim, will have a
say in the sentencing, but does he have a claim except under your category (2):
"(2) all criminal conduct of the defendant (whether or not charged) occurring
at any time;"
Charlie Campbell
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