United States v. Kowal

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Michael Edward Kowal was charged in a seven count indictment with crimes related to identity theft. He pled guilty to five of the counts and was found guilty after a bench trial on the remaining two counts, the district court 1 sentenced him to fifty four months in prison. Kowal appeals, challenging his conviction on the two counts of aggravated identity theft and his sentence on the other counts. We affirm.

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Michael Edward Kowal was charged in Arizona state court in late 1988 on multiple counts of theft and forgery related to the embezzlement of funds from his employer.…