Get-Rich-Quick Fraudster Loses Tenth Circuit Sentencing Appeal

A man convicted of a operating a “get-rich-quick” scam on Facebook lost his Tenth Circuit appeal challenging a below-guidelines sentence of 84 months’ imprisonment.

Shane Mack was found guilty of possessing counterfeit checks, unlawfully transporting a debit card, and of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

His sentencing range was 87 to 108 months, which reflected a four-level enhancement to the felon-in-possession charge. The enhancement was based on the court’s finding that Mack possessed the firearm “in connection with another felony offense.”

Mack argued that the district court should have grouped his fraud-related offenses with his felon-in-possession offense, ...