Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-02-09 16:01:35.08793+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                              For the Eighth Circuit
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                                 No. 22-1869
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                             United States of America

                                        Plaintiff - Appellee

                                         v.

                                 John Rick Winer

                                     Defendant - Appellant
                                  ____________

                     Appeal from United States District Court
                    for the District of South Dakota - Southern
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                           Submitted: February 6, 2023
                             Filed: February 9, 2023
                                  [Unpublished]
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Before SHEPHERD, ERICKSON, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       John Rick Winer scammed investors out of millions of dollars. He asks us to
reverse his wire-fraud, money-laundering, and conspiracy convictions, 18 U.S.C.
§§ 1343, 1349, 1512(c)(2), (k), 1956(a)(1)(B)(i), (h), but his arguments are
conclusory and discuss no legal authority. See Cox v. Mortg. Elec. Registration Sys.,
Inc., 685 F.3d 663, 674 (8th Cir. 2012) (declining to consider an argument when the
party “fail[ed] to provide a meaningful explanation . . . and citation to relevant
authority”); see also United States v. Hansen, 791 F.3d 863, 867 (8th Cir. 2015)
(explaining that an intent to defraud “can be shown by circumstantial evidence”
(quotation marks omitted)). We accordingly affirm the judgment of the district
court.1
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      1
        The Honorable Karen E. Schreier, United States District Judge for the
District of South Dakota.
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