Opinion ID: 172808
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The district court's calculation of restitution

Text: The district court imposed $27,002 in restitution, based on Griffith's misappropriation of the following VA funds: $3,118 directly diverted from Norvell's funds-receiving account and used for Griffith's benefit; $9,495 in bills left unpaid after Griffith's unauthorized cash withdrawals from Norvell's funds-receiving account; $4,236 (60% of $7,060) in lump-sum VA payments dissipated by Griffith and used more for her benefit than for Norvell's; and $10,153 in VA funds obligated by Griffith's misuse of Norvell's credit. As to the VA funds obligated by Griffith's misuse of Norvell's credit, the district court reasoned that because Griffith was responsible for loss to Norvell of $18,130, or 60% of $30,216, in accumulated credit card debt, see supra ง II.A.4.i.b, and because VA benefits constituted roughly 56% of Norvell's total income during the period covered by the indictment, 56% of $18,130 had been obligated toward the repayment of this debt. (PSR at 16.)