United States v. Morales-Rodríguez

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

On August 12, 2003, Rafael Morales-Rodríguez (“Morales” or “defendant”) was *5charged in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico in a fourteen-count indictment. He was accused of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 (Count One); mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (Counts Two through Ten); embezzlement of labor union funds, in violation of 29 U.S.C. § 501(c) (Counts Eleven and Twelve); structuring money transactions, in violation of 31 U.S.C. §§ 5322(b) and 5324(3) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (Count Thirteen); and…