#wire-fraud

#wire-fraud

"The nature of defendants' conduct (bribery), coupled with the character of the relationship between the bribed officials and the organizations to whom they owed a duty of loyalty (employer-employee relationships), place the schemes presumptively within the scope of the statute."

"As alleged, the defendants lied to the DOE about using undocumented workers, and deprived those workers - who toiled long days, school holidays and weekends - of proper compensation they had earned."

Omar Navarro, a repeated congressional candidate, pleads guilty to wire fraud, ending his political career after misusing campaign funds for personal expenses.

Judges noted, "Following the government's lead, we reverse these convictions," acknowledging the government's concession that acquittal should have been entered for specific counts.

"When Dean Tran took his oath of office as a Massachusetts State Senator, he willingly entered into a world of being in the public eye. He chose to violate the public's trust not once, but twice by defrauding the government out of unemployment benefits and willfully omitting his taxable income."