Judge William Pryor Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
A federal appeals court upheld the conviction of an Orlando businessman accused of receiving more than $2 million in federal grant money for a biodiesel facility and fraudulently using it for other purposes.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rejected arguments by Lee John Maher, who was convicted in 2017 on charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud and receiving, concealing and retaining federal funds. The federal grant money was funneled through a state energy program.
