United States v. Christin Didier

MEMORANDUM

Defendant-Appellant Christin Dianne Didier was convicted by a jury of her peers for seven counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 , and one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 . The district court sentenced Didier to pay $213,163.25 in restitution.'We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the legality of an order of restitution. United States v. Luis, 765 F.3d 1061, 1065 (9th Cir. 2014). We review the restitution order itself for abuse of discretion. United States v. Gordon, 393 F.3d 1044, 1051 (9th Cir. 2004). We affirm.

1. The district court did not err in ordering Didier to pay restitution. Didier, through fraud, committed a crime against property, and caused losses to a victim: Pacific Indemnity Company, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies (“Chubb”). The Mandatory Victim1 Restitution Act (“MVRA”), 18 U.S.C. § 3663A, “requires a district court, in sentencing a defendant convicted of ... an offense against property committed by fraud, see 18 U.S.C. § 3663A(c)(l)(A)(ii), to order restitution to each victim ‘in the full amount of each victim’s losses.’” United States v. Rizk, 660 F.3d 1125, 1136…