United States v. Victor Makras

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 4 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-10355

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:21-cr-00402-RS-

v.

MEMORANDUM*

VICTOR MAKRAS,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Richard Seeborg, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 8, 2024 San Francisco, California

Before: R. NELSON, FORREST, and SANCHEZ, Circuit Judges.

A jury convicted Defendant-Appellant Victor Makras of two crimes: (a)

making, and aiding and abetting the making of, false statements to a bank in violation

of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1014 and 2; and (b) bank fraud and aiding and abetting bank fraud

in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1344 and 2. On appeal, Makras challenges the

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. sufficiency of the Government’s evidence. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.

§ 1291, and we affirm.

We review de novo the…