P. v. Ney
File 8/23/06 P. v. Ney CA3
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
(Sacramento)
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| THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHRISTINE SUZANNE NEY, Defendant and Appellant. | C048122
(Super. Ct. No. 02F09957)
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During the spring and summer of 2002, defendant Christine Suzanne Ney played various roles in Women Helping Women (WHW), a pyramid scheme. In a pyramid scheme early participants recover more than they contribute. The additional money must be paid in by those who join later. As new and necessarily larger generations join in, the structure resembles a pyramid. Inevitably, since the number of possible participants is finite, growth of such a scheme has to end. This stops the payouts, causing the great majority of participants at the base levels of the pyramid to lose money.
In November of 2002, defendant was charged with operating an â€
