Quatloos!

wserra wrote:Norman is now alone, which is a double-edged sword. One one hand, he won't have to worry about codefendants damaging his case in defending themselves; on the other, he will have the jury's full attention.

Because of her trusting nature, Noemie has been blind to the fact that Jim Norman and Robert Ingram programs were a scam, and did not realize that the people she dealt with on these programs were criminals.

With regard to Bailey, who did accounting work for the defendant for a number of years, agents for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), working with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, interviewed Bailey in July of this year. Based on Bailey’s statements during the interview, it appears that Bailey would in fact tend to inculpate Norman, not exculpate him. Among other things, Bailey told the FBI that he believed Norman’s investment program was a scam, and that he told Norman as much on several occasions, and that he did not view the company that Norman used to receive funds from investors as a real company with any assets or legitimate business activities. Bailey further stated that on one occasion, Norman had an investor wire thousands of dollars directly into Bailey’s bank account, without prior notice to Bailey, and Bailey then turned the money over to Norman. After the investor went to Canadian authorities, Bailey was arrested and required to pay the investor back, and despite promising to do so, Norman never reimbursed Bailey. Based on these statements, it is hard to imagine how Bailey’s testimony could serve to exculpate Norman.

notorial dissent wrote:So one can safely assume, I hope, that he is sitting, unhappily, in a very uncomfortable cell some where loudy protesting his innocence and the injustice of it all

I personally would have thought they would have gotten to sentencing a lot sooner than July, but that's just me.

supergrover wrote:so does any one know what the final verdict was for old jim bo ?

David “Jim” Norman is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday, July 12, 2013, at 10 a.m. This Court presided over the trial at which Norman was convicted by a jury, after a very brief period of deliberation, of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349. At trial, extensive documentary evidence, including dozens of emails from Norman to his victims, as well as testimony from numerous witnesses, including Norman himself, established the large, multi-year scale of Norman’s advance fee fraud scheme; the truly egregious nature of his conduct, including his pernicious treatment of victims, whom he often defrauded repeatedly and attacked when they asked too many questions; his total lack of remorse; his willingness to lie on the witness stand in his own defense; and his continued commitment – even as the trial was ongoing – to carrying out the fraud against more and more victims. This memorandum sets forth the Government’s view of the applicable Guidelines range in this case – which, in light of the large loss amount and number of victims, his leadership role, and his obstruction of justice, calls for a sentence at the statutory maximum of 240 months’ imprisonment. This memorandum further explains why, in light of the factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), a Guidelines sentence is warranted. Jim Norman is a master manipulator who inflicted serious harm on well more than a hundred victims, has failed to admit or accept responsibility for his criminal conduct, and is clearly a serious risk of reoffending upon his release.