United States v. Carrasquillo-Vilches, No. 21-1355 (1st Cir. 2022)
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The First Circuit affirmed all but a small portion of the sentence and restitution order imposed by the district court in connection with Defendant's guilty plea to charges of falsely impersonating a federal officer and wire fraud, holding that the inclusion of travel expenses in the restitution order was error.
Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of impersonating a federal officer and four counts of wire fraud. The district court imposed five concurrent eighteen-month terms of immurement and ordered restitution in the amount of $30,605. On appeal, Defendant challenged his sentence as both procedurally and substantively unreasonable and argued that his restitution order was excessive because it improperly included certain travel expenses. The First Circuit largely affirmed, holding (1) there was no procedural error; (2) Defendant's sentence was substantively reasonable; and (3) the restitution order was not improper with the exception of the inclusion of travel expenses in the amount of $605.
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