Legal Opinion
United States v. Ghulam Sarwari
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 9, 2012No. 10-4944PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge KEENAN joined.
OPINION
DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:
On behalf of his three stepsons, Ghulam Nabi Sarwari prepared, signed, and submitted applications for United States passports. On each application, Sarwari listed himself as the child’s “father,” when in fact, Sarwari is neither the birth father nor the adopted father of any of the children. A jury convicted Sarwari of three counts of willfully and knowingly making a false statement on a passport application, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §…
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