Indictment
On February 22, 2008, Congressman Renzi was indicted on multiple federal charges. The charges include conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering extortion and insurance fraud. In October 2009, the government added a conspiracy to commit insurance fraud charge to the indictment. It alleged that Renzi and others willfully embezzled from a risk retention company called Spirit Mountain. In June 2010, a Federal District Judge ruled that procedural errors preclude the prosecution from using available wire-taps as evidence in the case going forward.
Appeals to the 9th Circuit to stop prosecution were first denied by a three-judge panel, then by an en banc ruling that upheld the panel. Renzi appealed to the Supreme Court which denied a hearing on January 17, 2012, upholding the 9th Circuit, allowing the prosecution to go forward.
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