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· 1/18/2008

United States v. Allan

Citations

  • 513 F.3d 712
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 1040
  • 2008 WL 160940

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding that “fabricated identities, email addresses, and telephone numbers, which [the defendant] listed on forms so that any effort to verify the phony purchasers would be routed back to him” justified the sophisticated means enhancement
  • approving “sophistication” enhancement where defendant created fake entities that made fictitious sales referrals to customers of a computer company
  • approving “sophistication” enhancement where defendant created fake entities that made fictitious sales referrals to customers of a computer company
  • upholding sophisticated-means enhancement because defendant enrolled in a company’s referral program in the names of nonexistent, fictitious entities and faxed falsified forms listing the entities as referral partners
  • defendants used fictitious business entities, doc‐ tored fax headers, and fashioned phony e‐mail addresses to resemble legitimate contact information
  • defendants used fictitious business entities, doc‐ tored fax headers, and fashioned phony e‐mail addresses to resemble legitimate contact information

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Judges: Easterbrook, Flaum, Kanne

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