U.S. v. Cerna

Dist. Ct. did not err in sentencing defendant to 180-month term of incarceration on wire fraud charge stemming from scheme involving $6 million in losses when defendant, along with others, took money from eBay bidders for goods that were never sent to bidders. Dist. Ct. could properly enhance defendant's sentence by finding that defendant was manager of scheme where record showed that defendant directed several members of his crew to receive victims' money by using and obtaining variety of aliases and directing co-schemers to transmit funds to foreign co-schemers. Fact that scheme involved more than one manager did not require different result. Ct. also rejected claim that defendant's sentence was disproportionate to sentences given to co-defendants where disparity was explained by fact that co-defendants had less significant criminal history or played smaller role in instant scheme.