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U.S. v. Abdur-Rahman, No. 10-4814-cr (2nd Cir.) (708 F.3d 98) (February 15, 2013) (Per Curiam) by Health care fraud is a cognizable predicate felony for aggravated identity theft under 18 U.S.C. section 1028A(c)(5) because the parenthetical language "relating to mail, bank, and wire fraud" in the statute is not intended …

U.S. v. Lumbard, No. 12-1209 (6th Cir.) (706 F.3d 716) (February 7, 2013) (Judge Curtis L. Collier) by In this case, the Sixth Circuit affirmed a conviction for aggravated identity theft in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1) even though the defendant bought the identity information he used for the …

U.S. v. Adekanbi, No. 10-3427 (Lead) (2nd Cir.) (675 F.3d 178) (March 29, 2012) (Judge Richard C. Wesley) by In a prosecution for aggravated identity theft and making false statements, convictions and sentence are affirmed, where: 1) the convictions for making false statements were supported by sufficient evidence, as the …

U.S. v. Dooley, No. 11-2256 (7th Cir.) (688 F.3d 318) (July 27, 2012) (Judge Frank H. Easterbrook) by The defendant in this case, Karen Dooley, lied about her marriage status and income in order to obtain Social Security benefits and food stamps to which she was not entitled. While employed …

U.S. v. Magassouba, No. 09-3035-cr (2nd Cir.) (619 F.3d 202) (August 31, 2010) (Judge Robert A. Katzmann) by Defendant's convictions for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft are affirmed where, as here, venue is appropriate for the predicate felony offense, so too is venue appropriate for a …

U.S. v. Newsome, No. 04-3292 (3rd Cir.) (439 F.3d 181) (March 9, 2006) (Judge Jane R. Roth) by The defendant appealed from a sentence imposed by the District Court for the District of New Jersey, which sentenced appellant to a 27-month term of punishment after appellant pled guilty to one …

U.S. v. Williams, No. 03-5107 (6th Cir.) (355 F.3d 893) (December 23, 2003) (Judge Damon J. Keith) by This is the first case we have seen to address one of the latest of the Federal government’s ever-growing arsenal of new-fangled crimes - namely identity theft under the Identity Theft and …