United States v. Chris Petti, AKA Chris George Poulos, United States of America v. Chris Petti, AKA Chris George Poulos

JAMES R. BROWNING, Circuit Judge.

I. Facts

In July 1987, the FBI applied for and received judicial authorization for wiretap surveillance of appellant-cross-appellee Pet-ti and several others suspected of engaging in a fraudulent scheme to gain control of a gambling enterprise on the Rincon Indian Reservation in San Diego, California. During the investigation, Petti’s supposed friend, Benjamin, a government informant, introduced Petti to Agent Ahearn, an undercover investigator posing as a representative of Colombian cocaine dealers.

By the end of 1988, the focus of the investigation had shifted…