unempl.ins.rep. (Cch) P 16042b United States of America v. Assenati Viera, United States of America v. Sebastiao De Souza

Assenati Viera and Sebastiao de Souza appeal from sentences imposed following guilty pleas to six counts related to a conspiracy to produce and sell false Social Security and “green” cards. 1 They admitted to completing the cards with photographs, seals, numbers, names and signatures, and to selling them. Their sole argument on appeal is that the district court erred in increasing their base offense level by six levels under U.S.S.G. § 2L2.1(b)(2)(C) (1995). 2 That increase was based on a finding that the offenses to which they pled guilty “involved” one hundred or more documents, within the…