Criminal – Sentencing – Bankruptcy Perjury – Fraud Or Deceit 
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Published: May 18, 2010
Tags: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Criminal, Judge William B. Traxler Jr.
A debtor who has filed for bankruptcy 16 times in three different districts since 1995 has her 15-month sentence for bankruptcy perjury affirmed by the 4th Circuit, despite debtor’s claim that the district court should have calculated her sentence under the advisory guideline range for fraud and deceit, not for perjury.
We disagree that the district ...
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