Order — No. 8:23-cr-00110 (Dkt. 109, M.D. Fla.)

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An order of United States District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell in United States v. Barrett Purvis, Case No. 8:23-cr-110-CEH-AAS, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, filed August 6, 2024 as Document 109. It denies the defendant's Motion for New Trial (Doc. 100) and Renewed Motion for Judgment of Acquittal Pursuant to Rule 29 (Doc. 101), filed after a jury found the defendant guilty on May 1, 2024 of wire fraud and illegal monetary transactions. The order recounts the indictment's allegation that the defendant, president of Big Man Promotions, Inc., used most or all of a $499,000 EIDL loan for unauthorized purposes. The court finds the evidence, including text messages to a casino employee about gambling debts, sufficient for the verdict and holds that the deliberate ignorance instruction was properly given.

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