U.S. v. LeBlanc, No. 93-1847 (1st Cir.) (24 F.3d 340) (May 24, 1994) (Judge Juan R. Torruella)
Here the district court concluded that the defendants' gambling activities fell outside the heartland of money laundering offenses. It reasoned that "that all LeBlanc and Weinstein are really guilty of is gambling, and that the money laundering statutes were improperly used as an alternative method to punish this underlying offense". …
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