District court’s conviction of defendants for mail fraud and order to pay a criminal forfeiture money judgment and restitution is affirmed as: 1) forfeiture is not limited solely to the amounts alleged in the count(s) of conviction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 981(a)(1)(C); 2) defendants waived their rights to forfeiture calculations review on appeal; and 3) imposing restitution and forfeiture for the same crime is not an improper double payment.   

Read US v. Venturella, No. 07-3754

Appellate Information

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Decided October 27, 2009

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Before: Flaum, Bauer and Williams, Circuit Judges

Opinion by Williams, Circuit Judge

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