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By Douglas A. Berman

Katie Gerber, a Summer Associate at Proskauer Rose, posts this summary of an interesting Fifth Circuit case decided recently:                      The Fifth Circuit has issued an opinion interpreting the term ?victim? under section 2B1.1(b)(2) of the Sentencing Guidelines in United States v. Conner (available here).  This opinion appears to reinforce a split in the Circuits on the Guidelines? requirement that a ?victim? suffer ?actual loss? resulting from the offense.             Conner was convicted of conspiracy and mail fraud in connection with a fraud scheme that utilized commercial credit accounts without authorization at various Home Depot, Lowe?s, and Sam?s Club stores...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 29, 2008 (boomark / email).