U.S. v. Aslan

Record contained sufficient evidence to support defendant's conviction on conspiracy to commit money laundering arising out of wire fraud scheme where defendant sold non-existent items to eBay purchasers and sent victims' money, after withholding portion of proceeds, to individuals in Romania. While defendant argued that govt. failed to show that laundered money involved net, as opposed to gross, proceeds since record failed to show what was done with money after it was sent to Romania, Dist. Ct. did not commit plain error in failing to require jury to find that proceeds at issue in money laundering scheme under section 1956(a)(2)(B)(i) were limited to net profits. Record, though, did not support defendant's conviction on charge of aggravated identity theft under 18 USC section 1028(a)(1) where record did not show that passports used by defendant belonged to actual person, as opposed to fictitious one.