by Frank Parlato at Frank Report
The defendant’s attorney requested that the judge recommend to the Bureau of Prisons designation to a federal prison in California.
Judge Garaufis’s sentencing memorandum from today’s proceeding.
This sentencing statement concerns Defendant Allison Mack, who entered a plea of guilty on April 8, 2019 to two counts of an 11-count second Superseding Indictment. Ms. Mack pled guilty to Count One, which charged her with racketeering conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1962(d) and 1963(a), and to Count Two, which charged her with racketeering in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1962(c) and 1963(a).
The statutory maximum sentence for these crimes is 20 years on each count. There is no statutory mandatory minimum.
Per the plea agreement, the defendant admits to the following racketeering activity: (1) the extortion of Jane Doe 5 [Nicole] and Jane
Doe 8; [Jessica Joan] the forced labor of Jane Doe 5 and Jane Doe 8; and (3) wire fraud of “lower-ranking” members of the organization
DOS.
She also stipulates to the conduct underlying the sex trafficking of Jane Doe 5. (Presentence Investigation Report (“PSR”) ¶¶ 1-2.)
CALCULATION OF OFFENSE LEVEL & GUIDELINES RANGE
The Probation Department recommends that I calculate the Total Offense Level for Ms. Mack’s sentence as 35. (Presentence Investigation Report (“PSR”) ¶ 196.) The defendant is in Criminal History Category I. Based on a Total Offense Level of 35 and a Criminal History Category I designation, the Probation Department recommends that I calculate the applicable Guidelines range as 168 to 210 months (or 14 to 17 ½ years).
The defense agrees with this calculation.
The court finds that the Total Offense Level is properly calculated as 35, and that Ms. Mack belongs in Criminal History Category I.
Accordingly, the court also calculates the applicable Guidelines range as 168 to 210 months in the custody of the Attorney General…