Topic
Every decision we've filed under Money Laundering.
The Third Circuit affirmed Charlene Marshall's conviction for conspiring to commit wire and mail fraud and laundering monetary instruments. The court found the evidence sufficient to prove she structured cash deposits from an advance-fee lottery scam and rejected her challenges to the admission of tax return evidence.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment for JetBlue Airways, holding that the plaintiff's ADA disability discrimination claim was barred by the statute of limitations. The court ruled that the denial of a mask accommodation in 2020 was a discrete act that started the clock, and the plaintiff's subsequent actions in 2022 did not restart the filing deadline.
The First Circuit affirmed Mark Anthony Figueroa's money laundering conspiracy conviction, ruling that the district court's admission of a cooperating witness's kidnapping testimony and law enforcement overview testimony did not constitute reversible error. The court held that any evidentiary mistakes were harmless given the overwhelming independent evidence linking the defendant to drug trafficking proceeds.
The Third Circuit affirmed Rohan Lyttle's criminal conviction for operating an advance-fee lottery scam targeting elderly victims through wire and mail fraud. The court rejected Lyttle's challenges regarding the sufficiency of evidence, a managerial sentencing enhancement, and the admission of YouTube videos as proof of knowledge.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment, rejecting Demetrius Catching's appeal regarding his sentences for new federal drug distribution and money laundering offenses committed while on supervised release. The court found no error in the imposition of consecutive within-Guidelines sentences totaling 93 months for the new crimes and 55 months for the supervised release violation.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed Amador Magallon Guerrero's convictions for drug trafficking and money laundering, rejecting his claims that his confession and cellphone searches violated the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments. The court held that Guerrero failed to prove his statements were coerced or that his consent to search his phones was involuntary.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed Nelly Idowu's conviction and sentence, rejecting her claim that the district court misapplied sentencing guidelines for money laundering. The court held that because Idowu failed to object to the guideline calculation at sentencing, she could only succeed by showing plain error, which she could not establish.
The First Circuit affirmed a district court's ruling in a civil securities enforcement action against five defendants who participated in a decade-long pump-and-dump scheme. The court upheld the defendants' liability and disgorgement orders while vacating one specific injunction against defendant Paul Sexton for being overly vague.
The First Circuit affirmed a district court's judgment against five defendants who participated in a decade-long pump-and-dump scheme involving cheap stocks and misleading hype. The court upheld the SEC's civil enforcement action, finding the defendants liable for disgorging millions in ill-gotten gains while concealing their ownership and involvement.
The First Circuit affirmed a district court's judgment against five defendants who participated in a decade-long pump-and-dump scheme involving penny stocks and concealed ownership. The court upheld the defendants' liability for securities fraud and the disgorgement of ill-gotten gains, while vacating one specific injunction against appellant Sexton for failing to provide adequate notice of the prohibited conduct.