As the Rule 29 inquiry turns on whether there is evidence of the essential elements of the charged crimes, it is appropriate to begin with the elements of mail fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. To establish that Dorfman and Sand committed mail and wire fraud, the Government had to prove that “(1) that the defendant knowingly devised or participated in a scheme to defraud; (2) with the intent to defraud; (3) that the scheme involved a materially false or fraudulent pretense, representation, or promise; and (4) that the defendant used or caused the use of the United States Mails or caused interstate wire communications to take place for the purpose of carrying out the scheme or attempting to do so.” U.S. v. Shah, 2024 WL 1214734, at *2 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 21, 2024); 18 U.S.C. § 1341, 1343. To obtain a conspiracy conviction, the Government had to prove that Dorfman and Sand “agreed to participate in a scheme to defraud in which it was reasonably foreseeable