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U.S. v. Cabrales, No. 96-3080WM (8th Cir.) (109 F.3d 471) (March 24, 1997) (Judge Richard S. Arnold)

Article • April 1, 1997 • from P&J April, 1997

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Money Laundering/Structuring

U.S. v. Cabrales, No. 96-3080WM (8th Cir.) (109 F.3d 471) (March 24, 1997) (Judge Richard S. Arnold) by Court held that money laundering charges were improperly brought in Missouri (where the unlawful funds were purportedly derived) and not in Florida (where the alleged money laundering took place).

U.S. v. Rutgard, No. 95-50309 (9th Cir.) (108 F.3d 1041) (March 6, 1997) (Judge John T. Jr. Noonan)

Article • April 1, 1997 • from P&J April, 1997

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Money Laundering/Structuring

U.S. v. Rutgard, No. 95-50309 (9th Cir.) (108 F.3d 1041) (March 6, 1997) (Judge John T. Jr. Noonan) by The defendant in this case, a ophthalmologist, was charged in a massive 217 count indictment with numerous counts of Medicare fraud, mail fraud and engaging in monetary transactions in property derived …

U.S. v. Leslie, No. 95-1679 (2nd Cir.) (103 F.3d 1093) (January 8, 1997) (Judge Joseph M. McLaughlin)

Article • February 1, 1997 • from P&J February, 1997

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Money Laundering/Structuring

U.S. v. Leslie, No. 95-1679 (2nd Cir.) (103 F.3d 1093) (January 8, 1997) (Judge Joseph M. McLaughlin) by In this case, the Court held that the Supreme Court's decision in U.S. v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995) did not raise the Government's burden under the federal money laundering statute (18 …

U.S. v. Walters, No. 94-30616 (5th Cir.) (87 F.3d 663) (June 26, 1996) (Judge E. Grady Jolly)

Article • August 1, 1996 • from P&J August, 1996

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Money Laundering/Structuring

U.S. v. Walters, No. 94-30616 (5th Cir.) (87 F.3d 663) (June 26, 1996) (Judge E. Grady Jolly) by One of the issues raised by the Government in this appeal was the validity of Judge Berrigan's downward departure from the money-laundering Guideline range specified in § 2S1.2. The Judge rejected a …

U.S. v. Griffith, No. 95-2244 (7th Cir.) (85 F.3d 284) (May 29, 1996) (Judge Richard D. Cudahy)

Article • July 1, 1996 • from P&J July, 1996

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Overreaching

U.S. v. Griffith, No. 95-2244 (7th Cir.) (85 F.3d 284) (May 29, 1996) (Judge Richard D. Cudahy) by The defendant contended that his conviction of money laundering required the court to make a chain of statutory linkages which was so tenuous as to render the laundering statute's application to his …

U.S. v. Caba, No. CR-94-1075 9DGT0 (E.D.N.Y.) (911 F.Supp. 630) (January 11, 1996) (Judge David G. Trager)

Article • March 1, 1996 • from P&J March, 1996

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Money Laundering/Structuring

U.S. v. Caba, No. CR-94-1075 9DGT0 (E.D.N.Y.) (911 F.Supp. 630) (January 11, 1996) (Judge David G. Trager) by Here the Court refused to apply the money laundering guideline to a food stamp-for-cash scheme on the grounds that the use of that guideline would grossly exagerate the seriousness of the actual …

U.S. v. Montague, No. 93-1676 (7th Cir.) (29 F.3d 317) (July 12, 1994) (Judge Hubert L. Will)

Article • January 1, 1994

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Money Laundering/Structuring

U.S. v. Montague, No. 93-1676 (7th Cir.) (29 F.3d 317) (July 12, 1994) (Judge Hubert L. Will) by Here, although the court affirmed the conviction and sentence of the defendant - who was a convicted of prostitution - it noted with some concern that "This is a classic example of …

U.S. v. LeBlanc, No. 93-1847 (1st Cir.) (24 F.3d 340) (May 24, 1994) (Judge Juan R. Torruella)

Article • January 1, 1994

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Money Laundering/Structuring

U.S. v. LeBlanc, No. 93-1847 (1st Cir.) (24 F.3d 340) (May 24, 1994) (Judge Juan R. Torruella) by 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, …