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181502P.pdf 07/11/2019 United States v. Hassan Osman
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 18-1502
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul
[PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Gruender and Grasz, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Sentencing. No error in imposing a three-level role
enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 3B1.1(b), as the trial record supported
the district court's conclusion that defendant was a manager or supervisor
of criminal activity in this tax fraud scheme; the special condition of
supervised release restricting defendant's computer use was not plainly
erroneous as it was supported by the record and did not impose an
unnecessary deprivation of liberty, as defendant may access a computer
with the approval and monitoring of the Probation Office; no error in
imposing an enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 2B1.1(b)(10)(C) & cmt.
n.9(b) for sophisticated means; the district court adequately explained
its decision to impose a within-guidelines sentence; restitution award and
amount-of-loss calculation were supported by the record.