Sentencing – Supervised Release and Restitution

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Charnpal Ghuman, et al.,

Case No.: 19-1734; 19-1745

Officials: ROVNER, HAMILTON, and BARRETT, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sentencing – Supervised Release and Restitution

Charnpal “Paul” Ghuman and Aga Khan participated in a multi-million dollar bank fraud scheme in which they helped to create fraudulent loan applications in order to convince a bank to issue mortgages to unqualified individuals who were purchasing gasoline stations from them. Both men pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud, see 18 U.S.C. § 1344; Ghuman also pleaded guilty to one count of filing a false tax return, see 26 U.S.C. § 7206. Ghuman challenges the district court’s decision to deny him credit for acceptance of responsibility, see U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1, and the imposition of a three-year term of supervised release on his false tax return conviction. Khan challenges the restitution he was ordered to pay. We affirm with one correction to Ghuman’s sentence.

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.