United States First Circuit

Conviction of submitting false invoices and conspiring to defraud the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) in connection with federal grants to develop a battery for electric mass transit is affirmed, where: 1) the government's evidence was sufficient for a jury to conclude that these invoices were false or fraudulent because they misrepresented that EVW was satisfying the funding match requirement and defendant knowingly sought reimbursement for ineligible, inflated, and fictitious expenses; and 2) the district court did not err by refusing to issue defendant's requested jury instructions on condonation and reasonable interpretation of regulations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/15/2013
• Published 02/15/2013

Judges

• LYNCH

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel