18-usc-1343
7 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-6465 | Leslie Robert Burk v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-02-04 | Denied | IFP | 18-USC-1343 18-USC-1349 commercial-contract contract-law specific-intent wire-fraud | Whether the wire-fraud statutes criminalize a deceptive statement that induces an ordinary commercial contract that the party who made the statement i… |
| 23-6753 | Michael Avenatti v. United States | Second Circuit | 2024-02-14 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-1343 18-usc-1346 civil-litigation criminal-extortion federal-criminal-law honest-services-fraud legal-ethics settlement-negotiations statutory-vagueness void-for-vagueness | Is § 1346 void for vagueness? |
| 23-832 | Moshe Porat v. United States | Third Circuit | 2024-02-02 | Denied | Relisted (5) | 18-usc-1341 18-usc-1343 circuit-split commercial-deception commercial-exchange economic-harm federal-criminal-law mail-fraud statutory-interpretation wire-fraud | Whether deception to induce a commercial exchange can constitute mail or wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 1343, even if the defendant does not i… |
| 22-5226 | Oyeyemi Olatunji Owagboriaye, aka Prince v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-07-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1343 accomplice-liability circuit-split criminal-law federal-criminal-law procedural-history scheme-to-defraud statutory-interpretation wire-fraud | Whether a wire transfer merely distributing funds amongst alleged accomplices is 'for the purpose of executing' a fraudulent scheme, as contemplated b… |
| 21-1161 | Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi v. United States | Second Circuit | 2022-02-23 | GVR | Amici (1)Relisted (3) | 18-usc-1341 18-usc-1343 18-usc-1346 deception economic-information government-advocacy government-agency honest-services-fraud mail-fraud money-or-property-fraud statutory-interpretation wire-fraud | Whether paying an influential private citizen to advocate one's position before a government agency can constitute honest services fraud under 18 U.S.… |
| 20-6340 | Robert Farrace v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-11-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1343 great-recession kelly-v-united-states market-value mortgage-lenders mortgage-lending property-loss property-value short-sale wire-fraud | Can a wire fraud conviction be sustained where the monetary losses to lenders were due to a decrease in market value of properties, and the government… |
| 18-6583 | Dionysius Fiumano v. United States | Second Circuit | 2018-11-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1343 criminal-law due-process due-process-notice federal-communications-commission fifth-amendment fraud johnson-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines skilling-v-united-states statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine welch-v-united-states | Does the undefined element 'scheme to defraud' in 18 U.S.C. § 1343 satisfy Fifth Amendment due process notice requirements? |