discussed Cited "see" United States v. Lawrence Laspina, Robert St. Germain United States v. Tam, 240 F.3d 797, 802 (9th Cir.2001) (reasoning that "[t]he language of 18 U.S.C. § 1956 (h) is nearly identical to the language of 21 U.S.C. § 846 [ (criminalizing conspiracy to commit drug offenses) ], which the Supreme Court held in United States v. Shabani, 513 U.S. 10, 15 , 115 S.Ct. 382 , 130 L.Ed.2d 225 (1994), does not require proof of an overt act”); accord United States v. Godwin, 272 F.3d 659 , 669 n. 9 (4th Cir.2001), cert. denied, - U.S. -, 122 S.Ct. 1942 , 152 L.Ed.2d 846 (2002).

discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States Securities & Exchange Commission v. St. Anselm Exploration Co. See also United States v. Godwin, 272 F.3d 659 , 666 n. 3 (4th Cir.2001) (Ponzi scheme is “a phony investment plan in which monies paid by later investors are used to pay artificially high returns to the initial investors”), cert. denied, 535 U.S. 1069 , 122 S.Ct. 1942 , 152 L.