Old Guidelines Warrant New Sentence For Fraudster: 1st Circ.

By Alison Noon (August 16, 2018, 6:59 PM EDT) -- The First Circuit threw out an 11-year prison term Wednesday for a Puerto Rican man convicted on 29 counts of fraud and other charges for posing as a bankruptcy lawyer to help parents get out of jail for missing child support payments, ruling that the sentence had been calculated under outdated guidelines....

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