Legal Opinion
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kevin Lee NELSON, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 21, 1995No. 93-30460PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:
Kevin Lee Nelson appeals his conviction for attempting and conspiring to structure a money laundering transaction. Undercover government agents posing as drug dealers came to the car dealership where Nelson worked, proposing to buy a car with cash. Nelson suggested ways to structure the cash purchase of a car to avoid the dealership’s requirement under federal law to report cash transactions over $10,000. We reverse Nelson’s attempt conviction, but affirm his conviction for conspiracy.
FACTS
In 1992, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) learned that two Montana drug…
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