UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

Docket No. 18-1503-cr. August Term, 2018.

939 F.3d 82 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Mark JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lauren Howard Elbert , Assistant United States Attorney ( David C. James , Assistant United States Attorney, Carol Sipperly , Brian Young , Assistant Chiefs, Blake Goebel , Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, on the brief), for Richard P. Donoghue, United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY, for Appellee United States of America.

Alexandra A.E. Shapiro , Shapiro Arato LLP, New York, NY ( Eric S. Olney , Jacob S. Wolfe , Shapiro Arato LLP, New York, NY, Frank H. Wohl , John R. Wing , Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant Mark Johnson.

Before: CALABRESI and LOHIER, Circuit Judges, and DONNELLY, District Judge.


Mark Johnson, the former global head of the foreign exchange trading desk at the investment bank HSBC, was convicted by a jury of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a foreign currency exchange transaction with Cairn Energy. At trial and on appeal, the Government argued that Johnson could be convicted...

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