District Court, D. Maryland February 1, 2005, Crim. PJM 03-0330 (United States v. Ratti)

AMENDED OPINION

MESSITTE, District Judge.

I.

Introduction

Luigi Ratti has been charged in a Superseding Indictment with six counts of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343; one count of conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371; three counts of false statement within the jurisdiction of a federal agency in violation of 18 U.S.C.