United States v. Volodymyr Kvashuk

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 20-30251 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 2:19-cr-00143-JLR-

VOLODYMYR KVASHUK,

Defendant-Appellant. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington James L. Robart, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 7, 2021 Seattle, Washington

Filed March 28, 2022

Before: Richard A. Paez, Milan D. Smith, Jr., and Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Nguyen SUMMARY *

Criminal Law

The panel affirmed Volodymyr Kvashuk’s conviction on 18 fraud-related counts in a case in which Kvashuk stole $10 million in digital gift cards from his employer, Microsoft, using login credentials he filched from his coworkers.

Kvashuk challenged the denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized from his house on the ground that the search warrant lacked probable cause, arguing that the warrant affidavit failed to establish a nexus between the unlawful activities and the places to be searched. Considering the totality of the circumstances, the panel…