United States v. Mark Landersman

THACKER, Circuit Judge:

In this consolidated appeal, Lee Hall, former Director of Intelligence for the Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy, and Mark Landersman, a machinist from California (collectively, "Appellants"), appeal guilty verdicts for criminal conspiracy and, as to Hall, unlawful conversion of government funds. Specifically, following a bench trial, the district court found that Hall facilitated the purchase of hundreds of firearm suppressors from Mark Landersman, Hall's boss's brother, for over $1.6 million in government funds. The district court concluded that this transaction was…