U.S. v. KHAWAJA

No. 93-3216.

118 F.3d 1454 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Malak KHAWAJA, Zafar Mian, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 7, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin R. Ivy, II, Orlando, FL, court appointed for Malak Khawaja.

Thomas M. Dawson, Leavenworth, KS, Frank A. Rubino, Coconut Grove, FL, for Zafar Mian.

Rick Jancha, Asst. U.S. Atty., Orlando, FL, Tamra Phipps, Kathy J.M. Peluso, Asst. U.S. Attys., Tampa FL, for U.S.

Before BLACK, Circuit Judge, and FAY and ALARCON, Senior Circuit Judges.


BLACK, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Malak Khawaja and Zafar Mian challenge their convictions and sentences for money laundering. We affirm the convictions and vacate the sentences.

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Money Laundering Sting

In May 1991, Special Agent Lenny Lopes of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) met with Manu Sunderdas Chatlani. During the meeting, Agent Lopes posed as an accountant and financial...

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