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U.S. v. HOSSEINI

Nos. 08-1879, 08-1880.

679 F.3d 544 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Amir HOSSEINI and Hossein Obaei, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 7, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helene B. Greenwald (argued), Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Marc W. Martin (argued), Attorney, Marc Martin, Ltd., Barry D. Sheppard , Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 08-1879.

Allan A. Ackerman (argued), Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 08-1880.

Before SYKES, TINDER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Amir Hosseini and Hossein Obaei operated three automobile dealerships in Chicago, and from 1995 to 2005, sold many luxury cars to Chicago-area drug dealers. Indeed, more than half their sales during this period were to drug traffickers, who preferred to deal with Hosseini and Obaei because they were willing to accept large cash payments in small bills with no questions asked. They also falsified sales contracts and liens, ignored federal tax...

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