Replies to post #28037 on Eldorado Exploration Inc (fka EDEP)

[luckyhoosier]

kingman are you are choosing to regurgitate koolaid instead of actually reading the document? the fraud convictions for David Laurance were not changed or diluted by the appeals court. however, the other people involved in the matter were insulated from laurance's standing guilt convictions. read the document.

[blue dog]

I would say that he won all of the appeal, but that he did not appeal all of his convictions. To quote the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit:

Defendant David T. Laurance appeals the district court's enhancement of his sentence for being an organizer, leader, manager, or supervisor pursuant to USSG 3B1.1(c). We remand this matter to the district court for resentencing.

A jury convicted Mr. Laurance of two counts of securities fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001, two counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1341, one count of interstate transportation of money or property obtained by fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2314, and two counts of engaging in monetary transactions in criminally derived property, a violation of 18 U.S.C.1957(a). At sentencing, the government asked the district court to enhance Mr. Laurance's sentence for being a leader, organizer, manager, or supervisor pursuant to USSG 3B1.1(c). The district court agreed, enhanced Mr. Laurance's sentence[.]

According to the Tenth Circuit decision, Mr. Laurence only appealed the enhanced sentencing under USSG 3B1.1(c), not the convictions under 18 U.S.C. 1001, 18 U.S.C. 1341, 18 U.S.C. 2314, and 18 U.S.C.1957(a). So he won the appeal, but that win merely lessened his liability for the crimes for which he apparently was convicted without appealing those convictions. (I have no idea what sentence he received for any convictions or whether there were any other proceedings.)

He won part of the appeal and its listed on the documentation that you gave the link to just now , and in the end it was shown he was only issued a minor fine because the final determination was this whole thing was in violation of some rule but the rule was so obscure and it was deemed that it was unintentional so he was given a minor fine if memory serves me right with no intention of fraud at all. .Then after it was shown that he wasn't guilty of anything some here on the site would just keep posting falsehoods which were all removed as was most of what was posted here because it wasn't true and was possibly libelous and the posters were permanently banned form here. Funny how this par twas left out again.