District court's imposition of a sentence of four-months' imprisonment on a defendant convicted of wire fraud for defrauding several people out of money and property, by posing as an expectant mother willing to give her child up for adoption, is affirmed where: 1) district court correctly applied the "vulnerable victim" and "mass-marketing" sentence enhancements; and 2) the district court properly considered the section 3553(a) factors.
Read US v. Christiansen, No. 09-1925
Appellate Information
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Decided February 2, 2010
Judges
Before: Cudahy, Flaum, and Evans, Circuit Judges
Opinion by Circuit Judge Evans