Opinion ID: 669625
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Puig

Text: 9 Puig received several shipments from Faries of fraudulently obtained merchandise and she also received $200 that was wired to her via Western Union from Bregantini. Although she concedes these facts, she argues that she thought she was receiving gifts from Faries and did not knowingly participate in the conspiracy. Yet the evidence was sufficient to support the jury's inference that she did know that the merchandise was fraudulently obtained. In December 1988, Puig received cookies addressed to her son that included a note signed by J.R., which was the name of the person on whose credit card they had been ordered. In February 1989, she received a television, stereo and speakers that had been fraudulently obtained. The shipment contained an invoice indicating that the items had been purchased by Kenneth Noel, the person on whose credit card the items were purchased. The $200, which Puig claims to have thought came from Faries, was sent from Wisconsin (by Bregantini) even though Faries was incarcerated in Florida. Puig also received a camcorder and cigars from Faries, although she failed to advise the secret service of either of those items when she was interviewed. The evidence also linked Puig to the pick-up of various additional shipments to various addresses, and her name was frequently noted in connection with the shipment of merchandise in the papers that were recovered from Faries' cell.