United States v. Dung Thi

Dung Thi, a 24-year-old Vietnamese woman, pleaded guilty to bank fraud after she and her boyfriend, Sang Danh, stole debit-card information from customers of her nail salon and used that information to make unauthorized ATM withdrawals. See 18 U.S.C. § 1344. The district court directed her to pay more than $77,000 in restitution and sentenced her to 36 months’ imprisonment, 5 months below the bottom of the Guidelines range. On appeal she argues that the district court failed to adequately consider her arguments in mitigation, particularly those addressing her minimal role in the offense, the…