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U.S. v. ABDULLAHI

No. 07-1768.

520 F.3d 890 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Serar Ahmed ABDULLAHI, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 28, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J.C. Owens, Kansas City, MO, argued, for appellant.

Lajuana M. Counts, Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, argued (John F. Wood, U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, MURPHY, Circuit Judge, and JARVEY, District Judge.

JARVEY, District Judge.

Appellant Serar Ahmed Abdullahi, a naturalized Somali refugee, sent money to individuals in his native country through an informal money transfer practice known as a "hawala." Abdullahi operated a hawala in Kansas City, Missouri, without a state or federal license. After pleading guilty to one count of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, Abdullahi was sentenced to forty-one months of incarceration followed by a two year term...

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