U.S. v. BENGALI

Nos. 92-5891, 93-5016.

11 F.3d 1207 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ludmilian BENGALI, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ventzislav G. KOUTEV, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Crane Carter, Carter, Kramer & Ragland, P.C., Alexandria, VA, for defendant-appellant Koutev.

David Scott Bracken, Law Offices of John T. Donelan, Alexandria, VA, for defendant-appellant Bengali.

John Patrick Rowley, III, Asst. U.S. Atty., Alexandria, VA, argued (Kenneth E. Melson, U.S. Atty., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge, CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and YOUNG, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.


OPINION

CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

These appeals are from convictions and sentences for conspiracy to commit extortion, three substantive acts of extortion and attempted extortion under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, and one count of unlawful travel in interstate commerce to promote the extortion scheme in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1952(a)(3). Ludmilian Bengali was convicted on all counts, and Ventzislav Koutev was convicted of all counts...

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