United States DC Circuit

Defendant's convictions for one count of conspiracy to commit crimes against the U.S., two counts of bank fraud, four counts of wire fraud, and one count of money laundering conspiracy, are affirmed in part where: 1) a trier of fact could reasonably infer from the trial evidence that during the time period of defendant’s bank fraud, which was two to three years before the evidence showed federally insured status, the defrauded bank was in fact federally insured; and 2) the district court allowed sufficient cross-examination of the government's witnesses on their plea bargains to satisfy defendant’s Sixth Amendment rights. However, defendant's money laundering conviction is reversed where the evidence was insufficient to support his money laundering conviction because the alleged money laundering activity was part and parcel of the underlying bank fraud.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/13/2010
• Decided 07/16/2010
• Published 07/16/2010

Judges

• David B. Sentelle

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles B. Wayne, Katherine M. Kelly