United States v. David R. Mann

Appellant/Defendant David R. Mann, after entering a conditional guilty plea, appeals from the district court’s decision to deny his motion to suppress bank records obtained from his Cayman Islands bank account. The district court ruled that Mann had no protected interest in the bank records and that he had no standing to challenge the alleged violation of the international treaty that allowed access to those records. The district court also ordered sealed a number of the affidavits and exhibits produced by the government. We affirm the district court, since Mann had no protected privacy interest in the Cayman Islands records.

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Appellant/Defendant David R. Mann, and his wife, Sandra Mann, were indicted on eight counts, including income tax evasion, filing of false income tax returns, and failure to disclose foreign financial interests. The charges arose in large part from records of funds deposited in Mann’s account with Barclays Bank, Grand Cayman Island. Mann moved the district court to suppress the evidence obtained from Bar-clays Bank. The evidence had been obtained via a certificate of the Attorney General issued pursuant to an anti-drug trafficking treaty signed by the…