United States v. Banki

CHIN, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant Mahmoud Reza Banki (“Banki”) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York convicting him, following a jury trial, of (1) conspiracy to violate the Iranian Transactions Regulations (the “ITR”) and operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business; (2) violating the ITR; (3) operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business; and (4) two counts of making false statements in response to government subpoenas.

On appeal, Banki argues that the district court erred in several respects when instructing the…