United States v. Lung Fong Chen AKA Robert Chen, Joseph Liu, and Schuman Tu

POOLER, Circuit Judge:

Lung Fong Chen, Joseph Liu, and Schu-man Tu appeal from the January 18, 2002, judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Edward R. Korman, Chief Judge), convicting them after a jury trial of conspiracy to misapply bank funds and to make false entries in bank records in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, misapplication of bank funds in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 656, and making false entries in bank records in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1005. Chen and Liu contend that the district court’s instruction on the intent element of misapplication…