Legal Opinion
United States v. Alan Heyman
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 27, 1986No. 1377, Docket 86-1129PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
We are asked to determine whether a statute proscribing certain conduct by financial institutions was properly applied in prosecuting an employee who caused his brokerage firm to unwittingly violate the statute. We have previously held that one who causes another to commit a crime may be punished as a principal pursuant to federal law, although the substantive criminal statute does not apply to him by its terms. Accordingly, we affirm the conviction.
Alan Heyman, an account executive with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (“Merrill Lynch”), shared…
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