United States v. Mikayelyan
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama
Case No: CR-07-66-RDP-TMP
SUMMARY
Summary: My client was a Russian Armenian. Mr. Mikayelyan and two co-defendants were charged by the Grand Jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama with a four count Indictment which charged the following: Count One, Conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. 371; Count Two, Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Access Devices, 18 U.S.C. 1029(a)(3); Count Three, Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Access Devices, 18 U.S.C. 1029(a)(4) and Count Four, Forfeiture, 18 U.S.C. 982(a)(2)(B). The first trial began on May 14, 2007. The trial went on for a week, after which time, the trial ended in a hung jury on all counts for my client. Before the trial began, one of the co-defendants entered a guilty plea to all counts in their case and they received a four year sentence. The second trial was scheduled to begin August of 2007. After another week long trial, my client was found guilty.
Prosecutor: United States Attorney Disposition: November of 2007, Mikayelyan was sentenced to a minimum term of 18 months as to Counts One through Three, to be served concurrently. This was a better result thanhis co-defendants received.
