Sufficiency of Evidence

By: Derek Hawkins//March 25, 2019//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Nikolay Tantchev, et al.

Case No.: 18-1200; 18-1263

Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and MANION and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence

After a six-day trial involving twenty-nine witnesses, a federal jury convicted Nikolay Tantchev of exporting and attempting to export stolen cars, submitting false documents to customs officials, and structuring financial transactions to avoid federal reporting requirements. That same jury acquitted Tantchev’s co-defendant, Batmagnai Chogsom, of charges related to the stolen cars and false documents, but it convicted Chogsom of making a false statement to an IRS agent. The district court sentenced Tantchev to 40 months’ imprisonment and Chogsom to 3 years’ probation.

Both defendants appeal their convictions. Tantchev alleges several errors by the district court at trial, and Chogsom challenges the sufficiency of the evidence against him. We affirm the convictions.

Affirmed

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Derek A Hawkins is trademark corporate counsel for Harley-Davidson. Hawkins oversees the prosecution and maintenance of the Harley-Davidson’s international trademark portfolio in emerging markets.

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