United States v. Bisong

Opinion for the Court by Circuit Judge ROGERS.

ROGERS, Circuit Judge:

John Bisong, aka John Bisong Atem, appeals his conviction by a jury of seven counts of bank fraud and four counts of immigration fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1344 & 1546(a), whereby he filed hundreds of applications for labor certification containing false representations that various shell companies he controlled would employ his alien clients and he reproduced counterfeit checks to draw on his clients’ banks accounts involving hundreds of thousands of dollars. He challenges the district court’s decision to allow him to represent…