United States v. Nicasio Cordero

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• noting that the alleged scheme lasted only a few months and “the fact that the [] scheme and its underlying conspiracy victimized numerous creditors does not necessarily establish the requisite pattern of racketeering”
• affirming § 5K1.1 downward departure from 120-month statutory minimum, as “the guideline sentence” under § 5G1.1(b), rather than from Guidelines range of 63 to 78 months
• under § 5G1.1(b) the statutory minimum “subsumes and dis- places the otherwise applicable guideline range”

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