Pham

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 06-30489 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  CR-05-00152-004-

LAM THANH PHAM, RSL

Defendant-Appellant.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Robert S. Lasnik, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 4, 2008—Seattle, Washington

Filed September 23, 2008

Before: Raymond C. Fisher, Ronald M. Gould, and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Gould; Concurrence by Judge Fisher

13383 13386 UNITED STATES v. PHAM

COUNSEL

Jonathan S. Solovy, Esq., Law Office of Jonathan S. Solovy, PLLC, Seattle, Washington, for appellant Lam Thanh Pham.

Jeffrey C. Sullivan and Patricia C. Lally, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Seattle, Washington, for appellee United States of America. UNITED STATES v. PHAM 13387

OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

This case illustrates the dangers of an identity theft scheme whereby many persons and financial institutions are impacted when criminals steal identities. Lam…