Legal Opinion
United States v. Fu Sheng Kuo
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 30, 2010No. 08-10314, 08-10330PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRABER, Circuit Judge:
Defendants Fu Sheng Kuo and Shengji Wang appeal the imposition of restitution following their pleas of guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 241, Conspiracy to Violate Civil Rights. Defendants “knowingly and willfully conspired to injure, oppress, threaten, and intimidate [Chinese women] recruited for and engaged in prostitution, in the Territory of American Samoa.” As we explain below, restitution for “lost income,” 18 U.S.C. § 3663, is not the same as disgorgement of all of Defendants’ ill-gotten gains from the victims’ forced prostitution. Accordingly, we must vacate…
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