Siemens

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

APR 4 2025

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 24-1482 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 6:22-cr-00004-BMM-1 v.

MEMORANDUM*

NENA HELENE SIEMENS, FKA Nena Susanne Kruger, AKA Nena Susanne Siemens,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Brian M. Morris, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Submitted April 2, 2025** Portland, Oregon

Before: BYBEE, LEE, and FORREST, Circuit Judges.

Following a four-day jury trial, Defendant-Appellant Nena Helene Siemens

was convicted of defrauding the Government in her applications for Government

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). benefits. She was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay $3,190 in

restitution, a $7,500 fine, and a $300 assessment. On appeal, Siemens challenges her

conviction and…