Legal Opinion
United States v. Abu-Shawish
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 1, 2007No. 06-1459PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Mhammad Abu-Shawish appeals his conviction after a trial by jury. The jury found Abu-Shawish guilty of federal program fraud in violatioh of 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(A). He challenges the sufficiency of the indictment and the sufficiency of the evidence on the grounds that the government did not allege in the indictment or prove at trial that he was an agent of the organization that he defrauded, or that he defrauded the organization for which he was an agent. For the reasons stated herein, we vacate the conviction and remand the case for further proceedings consistent with…
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