Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit March 18, 1993, 91-30131 (United States v. Patricia S. Caldwell)

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:

We consider whether conspiring to make the government’s job harder is, without more, a federal crime.

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Patricia Caldwell was a bookkeeper for the Northwest Community Exchange. The Exchange was a “warehouse bank,” a device people use to keep their financial transactions secret.