Legal Opinion
United States v. Krikor Baghdassar Tatoyan, A/K/A Krikor Tatoyan, United States of America v. Zenda Bedros Tatoyan, A/K/A Zenda Tatoyan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 30, 2007No. 05-50783, 05-50784PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAWKINS, Circuit Judge.
We examine the long-standing requirements surrounding the personal export of cash from the United States, the more recently enacted bulk cash smuggling prohibitions, and the ever-elusive requirement of willfulness. Here, as in many other areas, honesty remains the best policy.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
As they were about to board a flight to Paris at Los Angeles International Airport, Krikor and Zenda Tatoyan (“the Ta-toyans”) were stopped by United States Customs Inspector Chung J. Lou (“Inspector Lou”), who was conducting currency enforcement examinations of…
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