United States v. Elbaz

THEODORE D. CHUANG, United States District Judge

Defendant Lee Elbaz is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349, and three counts of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343 and 2. Presently pending before the Court are four Motions to Dismiss filed by Elbaz in which she argues that the Indictment fails to state an offense, the charged offenses are improperly based on extraterritorial conduct, the conspiracy charge exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause to criminalize a foreign conspiracy, and the Indictment fails to allege…