United States v. Khanu

Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.

Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Chief Judge SENTELLE.

Appellant Abdul Karim Khanu appeals his conviction and sentence on two counts of attempted tax evasion. He argues the Government failed to prove the element of tax loss because it relied upon a flawed calculation under the “cash method of proof’ and attributed to Khanu $1.9 million of alleged gain when those funds, as a matter of law, belonged to his two corporations. Khanu challenges his sentence to the extent it rests upon the allegedly incorrect calculation of tax loss. We…