Opinion ID: 762263
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Heading: Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property (ITSP)

Text: 46 Reeder contends that his ITSP convictions must be overturned because the government failed to prove that he knew that the property was taken by fraud. We disagree. 47 To convict on the five ITSP counts, the jury had to find that Reeder transported in interstate commerce $5,000 or more that he knew to have been stolen, converted, or taken by fraud. See Dowling v. United States, 473 U.S. 207, 214, 105 S.Ct. 3127, 87 L.Ed.2d 152 (1985) (stating the elements of 18 U.S.C. § 2314). Reeder agrees that Christopher engaged in a scheme to defraud, and, as explained above, the evidence demonstrates that, after the insurance companies were acquired, Reeder entered into an agreement with Christopher to divert $16.5 million of the insurance companies' funds for his own purposes and structured the transactions to conceal his activities. Based on that evidence alone, the jury could reasonably infer that Reeder knew that the money he transported had been taken by fraud.