U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States v. Ayana Saunders
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Alice Moore Batchelder
- Filed
- Feb. 3, 2025
- Case
- United States v. Ayana Saunders
- Case status
- Decided
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0059n.06 Case No. 23-5497 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT Feb 03, 2025 KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) Plaintiff-Appellee, ) ON APPEAL FROM THE ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT v. ) COURT FOR THE WESTERN ) DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AYANA SAUNDERS, ) Defendant-Appellant. ) OPINION _______________________________________ Before: BATCHELDER, MOORE, and BUSH, Circuit Judges. ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge. A jury found that Ayana Saunders was involved in a conspiracy to send fraudulently obtained money to Nigeria and convicted her of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349, and conspiracy to commit money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(h) and 1956(a)(1)(B)(i). On appeal, Saunders argues that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to convict her, that the government’s evidence presented at trial was a variance from the indictment, and that venue in the Western District of Tennessee was improper. We disagree and affirm district court’s judgment. I. This case arises out of a 2017 investigation into a fraudulent real estate transfer in Memphis, Tennessee, …
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