U.S. v. TATOYAN

Nos. 05-50783, 05-50784.

474 F.3d 1174 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Krikor Baghdassar TATOYAN, a/k/a Krikor Tatoyan, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Zenda Bedros Tatoyan, a/k/a Zenda Tatoyan, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 30, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Bederman, Atlanta, GA, for the defendants-appellants.

Brian M. Hoffstadt (argued) and J. Mark Childs, Office of the United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, and MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.


HAWKINS, Circuit Judge.

We examine the long-standing requirements surrounding the personal export of cash from the United States, the more recently enacted bulk cash smuggling prohibitions, and the ever-elusive requirement of willfulness. Here, as in many other areas, honesty remains the best policy.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

As they were about to board a flight to Paris at Los Angeles International Airport, Krikor and Zenda Tatoyan ("the Tatoyans...

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