United States v. James Rinaldo Jackson

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• holding that even if each step in the appellant’s scheme was not elaborate, an enhancement for em- ploying “sophisticated means” was nevertheless appro- priate where “the total scheme was sophisticated in the way all the steps were linked together”
• holding that defendant’s “various acts of exploiting different strangers so as to accomplish the fraud while keeping his unwitting accomplices in the dark can serve as a foundation for both a ‘sophisticated means’ enhancement and a role enhancement for ‘extensive’ activity”
• stating that a scheme may be sophisticated even if each step in the scheme was not elaborate, as long as the total scheme was sophisticated
• stating that the departure was “in the discretion of the [district [c]ourt” and remanding only because the district court was operating under the impression that it was not permitted to depart
• upholding sophisticated‐means adjustment because “even if each step in the scheme was not elaborate, the total scheme was sophisticated in the way all the steps were linked together . . . .”
• same where defendant “prevent[ed] tracking of his activities,” even though “each step in the scheme was not elaborate” in isolation

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