Eighth Circuit: United States v. Julia Nguyen
Immigration, Fraud, White Collar
Materiality requirement in immigration fraud statute does not require that the agency actually be misled, merely that false information be provided on a dispositive fact.
Third-party, cirumstantially proved misrepresentations provide sufficient evidence for immigration and SSI fraud.
Automatically generated letters from state sufficient for mail fraud conviction where foreseeable and not communicating messages adverse to the scheme to defraud.
Court properly considered named payees on checks without individualized showing of loss, as the theft of identity is sufficient to establish them as victim.
Sentence substantively reasonable.
United States v. Julia Nguyen