Opinion ID: 663383
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Multiple Victim Enhancement

Text: 13 The trial court also increased Alter's offense level by two points because the crime represented a scheme to defraud more than one victim. U.S.S.G. Sec. 2F1.1(b)(2)(B). This subsection refers to a design or plan to obtain something of value from more than one [entity]. U.S.S.G. Sec. 2F1.1, comment. (n. 3). The indictment charged a scheme to defraud two banks. Although only FFSBT sustained a loss, the court found this to be just happenstance. Because this enhancement requires only a plan to obtain something of value and not actual loss, the district court properly counted both banks as victims. We therefore affirm the corresponding two-level increase in Alter's base offense level.