In Re: Abdur Amin Rashid

OPINION OF THE COURT

The question for decision is whether an order to pay restitution to fraud victims in a federal criminal proceeding at a time prior to the September 1994 amendments of the Bankruptcy Code is dischargeable in bankruptcy under 11 U.S.C. § 523. The District Court determined that Abdur Amin Rashid’s restitution obligation was statutorily exempt from discharge as a “fine, penalty, or forfeiture payable to and for the benefit” of the United States under § 523(a)(7). We conclude that Appellant’s restitution obligation was dischargeable in bankruptcy because it was payable to the…