United States v. Ahmad Abouammo

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-10348

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:19-cr-00621- v. EMC-

AHMAD ABOUAMMO,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Edward M. Chen, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 16, 2024 San Francisco, California

Filed December 4, 2024

Before: Kenneth K. Lee and Daniel A. Bress, Circuit Judges, and Yvette Kane, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Bress; Concurrence by Judge Lee

* The Honorable Yvette Kane, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

Criminal Law

The panel affirmed Ahmad Abouammo’s convictions for acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government or official, 18 U.S.C. § 951; conspiracy to commit wire and honest services fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1349; wire and honest services fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1346; international money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(2)(B)(i); and falsification of records to obstruct a…