United States v. Artavazd Mikayelyan
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Case No: CR-07-66-RDP-TMP
SUMMARY
Summary: My client was Russian Armenian. 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. After a weeklong trial, the trial ended in a hung jury on all counts for my client. Prior to trial, one of the co-defendants entered a guilty plea to all counts and received four years. The second trial began in August of 2007 and 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 each of Counts One through Three, to be served concurrently, which was a better result than his co-defendants.
