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Aggravated Identity Theft

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Today the Ninth Circuit issued an important case involving 18 U.S.C. § 1028A (aggravated identity theft): Today we join the D.C. Circuit in holding that the crime of aggravated identity theft, 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1), requires proof that, among other things, the defendant knew that the means of identification belonged to another person. It is not enough to prove only that the defendant knew he was using a false document. See United States v. Villanueva-Sotelo, 515 F.3d 1234 (D.C. Cir. 2008).United States v. Miranda-Lopez, No. 07-50123 (9th Cir., July 17, 2008) (opinion) (via Martin). I discussed Section 1028A in the context of the Postville, Iowa raid here. This issue is very important in cases primarily involving illegal immigrants...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on July 17, 2008 (boomark / email).

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