The following excerpt is from United States v. Farago, 283 F.2d 772 (2nd Cir. 1960):
Appellant urges that no evidence of a "scheme" was introduced. But we find the record replete with evidence of deliberately false statements concerning Uran, demonstrating a generally fraudulent purpose. This was sufficient to show the requisite "scheme or artifice," even if appellant's initial activities had proceeded from a wholly legitimate motive. Cf. United States v. Dilliard, 2 Cir., 101 F.2d 829, 834, certiorari denied 306 U.S. 635, 59 S.Ct. 484, 83 L.Ed. 1036.
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