United States v. Bengis
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
Arnold Bengis, Jeffrey Noll, and David Bengis (jointly, “defendants”) appeal from the entry of a restitution order following their guilty pleas to conspiracy to commit smuggling and violate the Lacey Act, which prohibits trade in illegally taken fish, and to substantive violations of the Lacey Act (Arnold Bengis and Jeffrey Noll) and conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act (David Bengis). The district court entered a restitution order requiring defendants to pay $22,446,720 to South Africa. The defendants’ Sixth-Amendment Apprendi challenge and David Bengis’s challenge to the portion…
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