United States v. Samuel A. Bithoney

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Samuel Bithoney, a Boston attorney, appeals his conviction on two counts of conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. § 371. The first count, premised on Bithoney’s alleged involvement in a sham marriage scheme and subsequent cover-up attempt, charged Bithoney and co-defendant Lee Christo with conspiring to defraud the Immigration and Naturalization Service and with conspiring to influence a prospective grand jury witness. The Count II conspiracy centered around Bithoney’s alleged participation, with four others, in a scheme to obtain Social Security cards fraudulently for…