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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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Nos. 16-15796; 16-17387

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D.C. Docket No. 6:15-cr-00249-CEM-TBS-1

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff - Appellee,

 versus

EUGENE WARREN BREWINGTON,

a.k.a. Gene,

CHIMA EDOZIE ALIGWEKWE,

a.k.a. Six,

 Defendants - Appellants.

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Appeals from the United States District Court

for the Middle District of Florida

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(November 28, 2018)

Before TJOFLAT, MARCUS, and NEWSOM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

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Beginning in late 2010, Eugene Warren Brewington, Chima Aligwekwe, 

and others operated a fraudulent telemarketing scheme, directing teams of callers 

who falsely promised timeshare vacation property owners that their properties had 

sold so that the owners would give them money for fictitious closing costs. On 

December 2, 2015, a grand jury returned a 16-count indictment that charged 

Brewington and Aligwekwe with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and 

with the commission of mail fraud. Brewington was also charged with the 

commission of wire fraud. A jury found Brewington guilty of conspiracy to 

commit mail and wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349; four counts of wire 

fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343; and eleven counts of mail fraud in violation 

of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341-42. A jury found Aligwekwe guilty of conspiracy to 

commit mail and wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349, and of mail fraud in 

violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341-42. The District Court sentenced each defendant to 

serve 108 months' imprisonment followed by three years' supervised release.

Brewington appeals his convictions and sentences. He challenges his 

convictions on the following grounds:

• The entry of evidence of other crimes denied Brewington his 

constitutional right to a fair trial;

• The District Court should have granted his motion for mistrial 

and severed his trial because the joinder with co-defendants 

compromised the jury's ability to make a reliable judgment 

regarding his individual guilt or innocence.

And he challenges his sentences on the following grounds:

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• The District Court erred by finding a four level role adjustment 

under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.1. where the government could not 

establish Brewington's role relative to that of other persons in 

the business, the appropriate number of participants, or how the 

business was otherwise extensive;

• The District Court relied on improper factors and failed to 

consider mitigating evidence under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when it 

imposed a sentence at the highest end of the guidelines.

Aligwekwe also appeals his convictions and sentences. He challenges his

convictions on the following grounds:

• The District Court erred in delivering a "deliberate ignorance" 

charge to the jury;

• The District Court erred by allowing irrelevant evidence 

regarding the type of automobile owned by Aligwekwe to be 

presented to the jury;

• Aligwekwe was denied a fair trial due to the cumulative errors 

made by the District Court.

And he challenges his sentences on the following grounds:

• The District Court erred by including acquitted and uncharged 

conduct in the calculation of his sentencing guideline range;

• The District Court erred by including acquitted and uncharged 

conduct in the calculation of his restitution;

• The District Court erred by overruling his objections to his Presentence report;

• The sentence is substantively unreasonable given all of the 

sentencing factors and the characteristics of Aligwekwe.

We have carefully considered these issues and after entertaining briefing and

oral argument find that they lack merit.

AFFIRMED.

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