Opinion ID: 747234
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Heading: Whether Delivery of Money Can Support a Conviction for Laundering Money.

Text: 7 Appellants argue insufficiency of evidence, on the theory that the mere delivery of money from a defendant to a money launderer does not constitute taking steps to conceal or disguise the nature of the funds being transferred. Appellants based their argument on Sixth Circuit authority. United States v. Reed, 77 F.3d 139 (6th Cir.1996), however, overrules United States v. Samour, 9 F.3d 531 (6th Cir.1993), the primary case on which defendants rely. We do not see a basis in 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(B)(i) and § 1956(c)(3) for appellants' theory as applied to the evidence in this case. 8 Defendants also argue that mere delivery fails to prove that the transaction was designed to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, ownership or control of the proceeds. They rely on Tenth Circuit authority, United States v. Dimeck, 24 F.3d 1239 (10th Cir.1994), subsequently distinguished and limited in United States v. Salcido, 33 F.3d 1244, 1245-46 (10th Cir.1994). There was sufficient evidence for the jury to find that the defendants intended to assist the Cali cartel in laundering its money, and were not merely delivering money. 9