Kishan Vinayak Patel v. United States

Whether the government may use 18 U.S.C. §1956(a)(1), the domestic money laundering statute, to prosecute an individual for conduct that constitutes the ordinary commission of the underlying criminal activity, rather than a distinct transaction involving a subsequent disposition of proceeds of that activity? Whether 18 U.S.C. §3663A, the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act, permits a district court to order a defendant to make restitution for losses attributable to criminal conduct of others that occurred before he joined a conspiracy, or after his participation in the conspiracy ended?