United States v. Alpha Rashidi Mshihiri

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Alpha Rashidi Mshihiri was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1344 and 1349; three counts of bank fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1344 and 2; one count of mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 2; and one count of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 2. The district court 1 sentenced Mshihiri to 150 months’ imprisonment and ordered him to pay restitution in the amount of $1,971,091.91. We affirm.

I. General Background

Mshihiri has a bachelor’s degree and had worked as a business analyst for a…