Sentencing Guidelines

By: Derek Hawkins//March 19, 2018//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Adrian Tartareanu, et al.

Case No.: 17-2759; 17-2761

Officials: BAUER, ROVNER, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sentencing Guidelines

On October 23, 2013, a jury convicted Adrian and Daniela Tartareanu of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343 and conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349. They appealed their original sentences, and we remanded for resentencing. United States v. Litos, 847 F.3d 906 (7th Cir. 2017). On remand, the district court sentenced Adrian to 36 months’ imprisonment, Daniela to 21 months’ imprisonment, and imposed a $30,000 fine on each of them. In this appeal, the Tartareanus challenge the district court’s intended loss calculation under U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1, as well as its decision to deny Daniela a minor role reduction under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2. We affirm.

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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