No. 23-909October Term 2024Decided May 22, 2025
Stamatios Kousisis and Alpha Painting and Construction Co., Inc., Petitioners v. United States
The Supreme Court affirmed a conviction for wire fraud, ruling that a defendant can be guilty of fraud for inducing a victim to enter a transaction through material lies, even if the defendant did not intend to cause the victim any financial loss.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released May 22, 2025
- What it's about
The Supreme Court affirmed a conviction for wire fraud, ruling that a defendant can be guilty of fraud for inducing a victim to enter a transaction through material lies, even if the defendant did not intend to cause the victim any financial loss. The case involved a scheme to secure government contracts by falsely claiming to use disadvantaged business enterprises.
Question presented
Can deception to induce a commercial exchange constitute mail or wire fraud, even if inflicting economic harm on the alleged victim was not the object of the scheme?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit / Decision released May 22, 2025
- Area
Decided Supreme Court case
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Mar 30, 2026
- Method
- Methodology
Primary materials9
Supreme Court docket 23-909
docket | Mar 30, 2026
Primary case document
Supreme Court document | Mar 30, 2026
CourtListener docket record
docket | Mar 30, 2026
Questions Presented
brief | Mar 8, 2026
opinion
opinion | May 22, 2025
Kousisis
opinion | May 22, 2025
Oral Arguments - Kousisis
audio | Dec 9, 2024
Petition
brief | Feb 20, 2024
Lower Court Orders/Opinions
order | Dec 8, 2023