United States v. Hanafi Monem

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• holding that 23 is the correct base offense level for both a substantive violation of sec. 1956(a)(1)(A) and conspiracy to violate sec. 1956(a)(1)(A)
• finding that the dis- trict court had not made the requisite factual findings justify- ing the fine, where the PSR and the government both recom- mended against imposing a fine
• “This court has held that this provision [sec. 5E1.2] places an affirmative duty on the district court to make specific findings with respect to those factors.”
• \We have held on several occasions that [a disparity between sentences] is not a valid basis on which to challenge a sentence that is otherwise correctly calculated.\
• “Subsequent to the Plea Agreement, it was discovered that Monem provided the Probation Department with a false social security number to conceal that he had been improperly receiving disability income during various periods in which he was incarcerated, dating as far back as 1977.”

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