UNITED STATES v. BAPTISTE

Nos. 20-1400, 20-1401.

8 F.4th 30 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Joseph BAPTISTE, Defendant, Appellee. United States of America, Appellant, v. Roger Richard Boncy, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 9, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexia R. De Vincentis , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Brian C. Rabbitt , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Robert A. Zink , Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Jeremy R. Sanders , Appellate Counsel, Fraud Section, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, and Andrew E. Lelling , United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellant.

Daniel N. Marx , with whom William W. Fick , Amy Barsky , and Fick & Mark LLP, were on brief, for appellee Baptiste.

Jay A. Yagoda , with whom Jared E. Dwyer and Greenberg Traurig, P.A., were on brief, for appellee Boncy.

Before Howard, Chief Judge, Thompson, Circuit Judge, and Arias-Marxuach, District Judge.


Overview

Meet Roger Boncy and Joseph Baptiste. Boncy once served as chairman and CEO of a U.S.-based investment company called Haiti Invest, LLC. And Baptiste once sat on that company's board of directors. We use the past tense, because everything changed when the feds accused them of conspiring to bribe Haitian...

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