United States v. Taylor, No. 14-50528 (9th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed his conviction of seven counts of making false statements to a bank in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1014, and six counts of aggravated identity theft in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1028(a). Defendant's convictions stemmed from a tax evasion scheme in which defendant used false identities to open bank accounts in order to obtain cashier's checks to buy gold. The court joined the Fourth Circuit in holding that section 1014 does not contain any requirement of a risk of loss. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
Court Description: Criminal Law. Affirming convictions for making false statements to a bank in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1014 and aggravated identity theft in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028(a), the panel held that proof of risk of loss to a financial institution is not required for a conviction under § 1014.
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