However, the Court of Appeal mitigates the sentence for the woman, who receives one year in prison instead of the two years and four months the district court imposed.
The reason is that the Court of Appeal does not consider it clear that she participated in the deception of the eight people who were victimized. However, money from those deceived was deposited into her account. She is convicted of ten counts of money laundering, one of which is serious.
The man is sentenced, just as previously in the district court, to two years and ten months in prison and deportation. He is convicted of five counts of gross fraud and three counts of ordinary fraud.
