Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit June 15, 1987, 86-5316 (United States v. Michael James Olsowy)

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:

Olsowy appeals his conviction on one count of submitting a false claim to the government in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 287 (1982), and three counts of making false statements to a government agency in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (1982).

Facts

In April 1984, the United States Department of Treasury mailed Olsowy a Social Security check in the amount of $581.39.