USSC Seeks to Amend Fraud Guidelines

Last month, the U.S. Sentencing Commission published proposed amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines, including significant proposed revisions to the guideline governing fraud, 2B1.1. Issues for comment were also published regarding the mitigating role guideline and drugs flavored to attract use by children. The proposed amendments can be found here.

Additionally, as background for the proposed revision to the fraud guideline, here is a link to a Powerpoint published by the Commission.