United States of America v. John Rick Winer

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 22-1869
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United States of America
Plaintiff - Appellee
v.
John Rick Winer
Defendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the District of South Dakota - Southern
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Submitted: February 6, 2023
Filed: February 9, 2023
[Unpublished]
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Before SHEPHERD, ERICKSON, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
John Rick Winer scammed investors out of millions of dollars. He asks us to
reverse his wire-fraud, money-laundering, and conspiracy convictions, 18 U.S.C.
§§ 1343, 1349, 1512(c)(2), (k), 1956(a)(1)(B)(i), (h), but his arguments are
conclusory and discuss no legal authority. See Cox v. Mortg. Elec. Registration Sys.,
Inc., 685 F.3d 663, 674 (8th Cir. 2012) (declining to consider an argument when the

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party “fail[ed] to provide a meaningful explanation . . . and citation to relevant
authority”); see also United States v. Hansen, 791 F.3d 863, 867 (8th Cir. 2015)
(explaining that an intent to defraud “can be shown by circumstantial evidence”
(quotation marks omitted)). We accordingly affirm the judgment of the district
court.1
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1 The Honorable Karen E. Schreier, United States District Judge for the
District of South Dakota.

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