Proof of fraud losses
Osaretin Godspower Omoruyi v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Osaretin Godspower Omoruyi asks the Supreme Court to review his claim that the district court ordered payments to 11 fraud victims without enough evidence to support the amounts.
- What's at stake
- The petition challenges restitution amounts ordered for 11 fraud victims; the Supreme Court has not ruled on that challenge.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
His petition argues that the government did not prove the victims’ losses were more likely than not as large as the court ordered.
Omoruyi argues the government had to prove that the victims’ losses were more likely than not as large as the amounts ordered.
Question presented
Whether the district court erred in calculating restitution and ordering restitution for 11 fraud victims because there was insufficient evidence of the loss amount, where the government failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the victims suffered the ordered loss amount?
What happens next
The petition was distributed for the Court’s Dec. 4, 2026 conference. The Court still must decide whether to hear it, and no decision date is guaranteed.
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