Opinion ID: 698181
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Heading: Existence of a RICO enterprise

Text: 9 Miller also claims that the government failed to prove the existence of a RICO enterprise. The indictment alleged an association in fact enterprise between Miller and his various employers, i.e., the various investment companies which owned the business which employed him during 1984-1988. The government's position was that Miller and the various entities that employed him during the relevant period were associated in fact and shared the common purpose of providing investment services. 10 Miller claims that the government fatally erred when it alleged an association in fact between Miller and his various employers because no organizational structure between the various corporations listed in the indictment and Miller was established and [t]he lack of temporal co-existence of any of the corporations makes an 'association in fact' impossible. A RICO enterprise, however, may consist of individuals associated in fact with corporations. United States v. Feldman, 853 F.2d 648, 655 (9th Cir.1988), cert. denied, 489 U.S. 1030 (1989). Miller's connection as employee of the various named corporations satisfies the ongoing organization requirement and the providing of investment services constitutes the required common goal.