Legal Opinion
United States v. Kanchan Bala Sharma, Also Known as Kay Bala, Also Known as Kay Daken, Also Known as Kanchan B. Daken
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 4, 1996No. 95-2432PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Kanchan Bala Sharma appeals from the imposition at sentencing of a fine of $100,000. We vacate the district court’s fine assessment and remand for reconsideration of the fine.
I. Background
On May 13, 1991, FBI agents received information from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that more than one million dollars had been skimmed from seven different HUD-insured and/or co-insured multi-family housing projects that were owned and operated by Sharma and several of her family members.
Sharma pleaded guilty to a one-count information charging her…
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