Opinion ID: 529387
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Heading: Mr. Crowther

Text: 85 Appellant Crowther claims that there was insufficient evidence to convict him of Count 16--an ITSP count. The trial evidence established that Mr. Crowther was a clearinghouse principal involved in its daily operations. He occasionally recruited sales staff and on at least one occasion falsely represented that a certain company was affiliated with the payables program. 86 One of Mr. Crowther's responsibilities involved identifying possible investment opportunities for the clearinghouses. Count 16 arose out of one of those transactions. Appellant Crowther was one of the signatories in a Denver, Colorado bank account in which fifty thousand dollars were deposited in January 1981. Those funds were secured through fraud from a Utah investor. One day after the money was deposited, Mr. Crowther withdrew all the funds in the form of two cashier's checks and closed the Colorado bank account. The account proceeds were thereafter placed in a high-risk investment in precious metals. 87 Although Mr. Crowther contends that there was no evidence directly linking him to the transportation of the funds either through fingerprint identification or handwriting identification, Crowther Brief at 27, we believe this contention views the evidence needed for conviction too narrowly. We are of the opinion that the evidence presented was sufficient for a jury to conclude that (1) Mr. Crowther had knowledge that the $50,000 at issue was obtained by fraud and (2) Mr. Crowther caused the funds to be transported in interstate commerce. His conviction on Count 16 is affirmed.