Soukas

MEMORANDUM **

Evangelos Dimitidos Soukas appeals from the 92-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud through use of another person’s means of identification, fraudulent use of another person’s means of identification, and false claims to the Internal Revenue Service. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

Soukas contends that the district court erred in imposing an aggravated role adjustment pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 3Bl.l(c) for being a supervisor in criminal activity. However, even “[a] single incident of persons acting under a defendant’s direction is sufficient evidence to support [the] enhancement.” See United States v. Maldonado, 215 F.3d 1046, 1050 (9th Cir.2000).

Soukas further contends that the district court erred by applying an obstruction of justice enhancement pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 3C1.1. We conclude that in light of the threatening e-mails Soukas sent to a detective investigating his activities and his flight to Greece, the court did not err in applying the enhancement. See United States v. Jackson, 974 F.2d 104, 106 (9th Cir.1992) (‘Where a…