Jeremiah

United States v. Jeremiah

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182 F. App'x 644
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 11, 2006No. 05-10476California444 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Arthur Jeremiah appeals his conviction and sentence on 29 counts of bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344 , and one count of using an unauthorized access device in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1029 (a)(2). We affirm.

Because the facts and circumstances of this case are well known to the parties, we discuss only those facts necessary to understand our decision. In short, the jury found that Jeremiah provided false information to the Bank of Hawaii and induced the bank to provide him with a credit card vendor machine, which he used to submit numerous unauthorized credit card transactions for personal profit.

Jeremiah first contends that the Government’s evidence at trial was insufficient to support his conviction, a claim which we review de novo. See United States v. Shipsey, 363 F.3d 962 , 971 n. 8 (9th Cir.2004). The only specific item he challenges, however, is a typographical error in the indictment which resulted in the omission of a single digit of an obsolete merchant account number formerly used by the Bank of Hawaii, but not in use at times relevant to the transactions at issue. This typographical error does not constitute a material difference between the…

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