five years, or both. 18 U.S.C. § 1341. 2 . In Parr, the Court also dealt with a second fraudulent scheme relating to the misappro priation of tax revenue, where the government brought mail fraud charges based on the mailing of tax statements, checks, and receipts. 3,63 U.S. at 390, 80 S.Ct. 1171. The Court held that the mailing element could not be met because the mailings were "made under the imperative command of duty i the victims into a false sense of security, postpone their ultimate complaint to the authorities, and therefore make the apprehension of the defendants less likely,” fall within the ambit of the mail fraud statute. See United States v. Lane, 474 U.S. 438, 451-52, 106 S.Ct. 725, 88 L.Ed.2d 814 (1986); see also United States v. Helms, 897 F.2d 1293, 1297 (5th Cir.1990) (<HOLDING>). 4 . The TDOT, whom the government contends is
holding that subsequent mailings which are designed to lull the victim into a false sense of security postpone inquiries or complaints or make the transaction less suspect are mail  ings in furtherance of the scheme holding that the record did not rationally support the decision the court made where the court dismissed the case for want of prosecution without taking into account the undisputed fact that the plaintiff had filed a motion to postpone the trial that through no fault of his own was never entered by the court holding that the elements of a claim under  3729a2 are 1 that the defendant made used or caused to be made or used a record or statement to get a claim against the united states paid or approved 2 the record or statement and the claim were false or fraudulent and 3 the defendant knew that the record or statement and the claim were false or fraudulent emphasis added holding that the first element of mail fraud  knowing participation in a scheme to defraud  can extend beyond the specific mailing and that the loss calculation for a mail fraud conviction may include any loss from the fraudulent scheme that the mailing furthered holding that plain language of the mail fraud statute condemns any scheme to defraud in which the mails are employed including the evasion of  sales and use taxes