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United States v. Thomas Addaquay, Appellant — 11th Cir. (argued August 12, 2026)

No. 25-10609 & 25-10611 Argued August 12, 2026 Published August 14, 2026; updated August 18, 2026

The Eleventh Circuit hears Thomas Addaquay's consolidated appeals from convictions in two fraud cases and a combined sentence of one hundred fifty months. The discussion centers on the stolen-identity tax-refund case, where a jury convicted him of twenty-nine fraud-related counts. The argument concerns that verdict and the loss calculation used at sentencing.

United States v. Thomas Addaquay, Appellant (No. 25-10609 & 25-10611) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, argued August 12, 2026.

Sources
Argument audio — Eleventh Circuit:https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/oral_argument_recordings/25-10609_08122026%20%26%2025-10611_08122026.mp3
Argument record — Eleventh Circuit:https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/oral-argument-recordings?title=25-10609
Argument calendar and panel — Eleventh Circuit:https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/oral_arguments/cal22%28panelrelease%29.pdf
Conviction summary — U.S. Attorney's Office:https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/atlanta-man-convicted-laundering-over-12-million-stolen-identity-tax-refund-fraud
Sentencing summary — U.S. Attorney's Office:https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/atlanta-man-sentenced-150-months-prison-fraud-schemes
District-court record — GovInfo:https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-gand-1_20-cr-00126/pdf/USCOURTS-gand-1_20-cr-00126-1.pdf
Proffer agreements — U.S. Department of Justice:https://www.justice.gov/osg/brief/krilich-v-united-states-opposition-2
Proffer meetings — Eighth Circuit:https://ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/03/06/022670U.pdf
Pinkerton v. United States — U.S. Reports:https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep328/usrep328640/usrep328640.pdf
Pinkerton instruction — Eleventh Circuit:https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/courtdocs/clk/FormCriminalPatternJuryInstructionsCurrentComplete.pdf
Published-opinion search — Eleventh Circuit:https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/search-published-opinions
Unpublished-opinion search — Eleventh Circuit:https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/search-unpublished-opinions

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