U.S. v. Jones

Dist. Ct. did not err in sentencing defendant to 184-month term of incarceration on bank fraud and aggravated identity theft charges arising out of scheme to steal personal information for use in creating counterfeit driver’s licenses and checks that resulted in $770,000 in losses to banks and individuals. Dist. Ct. could properly give defendant longer sentence than one of his co-defendants, where defendant recruited more individuals to assist in instant scheme, and where co-defendant agreed to cooperate with govt. Moreover, Dist. Ct. could properly apply enhancement under section 2B1.1(b)(2)(B) based on finding that there were at least 50 victims arising out of defendant’s scheme, even though all but nine of said victims had been reimbursed for their losses. Ct. could also impose four-level enhancement based on defendant’s role as organizer, even though co-defendant also supervised certain individuals in scheme, since there can be more than one individual who acted as leader or organizer.