Civil Rights
Block on Trump's Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
Defendant's conviction and sentence for aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns and other crimes is affirmed where: 1) the evidence was sufficient to prove that the information was transmitted by interstate wire communication in furtherance of a scheme to defraud, thus satisfying each element of the offense; and 2) the district court did not err in calculating the tax loss for sentencing purposes.
Appellate Information
Argued: October 30, 2009
Decided: February 5, 2010
Judges
Opinion by Circuit Judge Shedd
Counsel
For Appellant: David Schertler, Schertler & Onorato LLP
For Appellee: David Ira Salem, Office of the US Attorney