Opinion ID: 1085540
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Heading: The Wire Fraud Conviction

Text: Hall claims that the jury lacked sufficient evidence to convict her of wire fraud. She argues that “there was no evidence adduced at trial that HALL herself transmitted or caused to be transmitted the [transactions]” because Hall gave her account information to Candice Ward. Circumstantial evidence that a defendant participated in a fraudulent scheme can support a conviction for wire fraud. See United States v. Mullins, 992 F.2d 1472, 1475-1477 (9th Cir. 1993) (affirming a wire fraud conviction where a trio of travel agents had manipulated an airline reservation system despite the fact that other employees could have accessed the accounts because of the circumstantial evidence to supporting conviction). Here, the government introduced significant circumstantial evidence that suggested that Hall was either directing or aware of the fraudulent transactions. For example, Paypal sent an email to Hall’s personal email address reflecting each of the transfers. On these facts and others, a rational trier of fact could find that Hall committed wire fraud.