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U.S. v. SORENSEN

No. 97-50555.

179 F.3d 823 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald P. SORENSEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 8, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda J. Ballard DeVore (argued), Tacoma, Washington, for the defendant-appellant.

Nora M. Manella, United States Attorney, Monica Bachner, Susan R. Ficcadenti, Assistant United States Attorneys, Santa Ana, California; Tammy Spertus (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: KOZINSKI, O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges, and LOVELL, District Judge.

Opinion by Judge O'SCANNLAIN; Dissent by Judge LOVELL.

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether a mortgage broker can be convicted of making false statements with regard to a loan application which was never signed.

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In 1994, the FBI began a series of sting operations investigating mortgage brokers and other individuals suspected of loan fraud. As part of this effort, a confidential informant for the FBI, Vincent Schuman, contacted...

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