Case Explained: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ALEXANDER ALLI

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Filed: 2026-08-05 Docket: 8:23-cr-00024-CEH-SPF-1 The Eleventh Circuit affirmed Alexander Alli’s convictions for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and two counts of wire fraud arising from a fraudulent application for an $80,500 Economic Injury Disaster Loan from the Small Business Administration during the COVID-19 pandemic. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in declining to admit additional excerpts of Alli’s interviews with a special agent under Federal Rule of Evidence 106 (the rule of completeness). The appellate court reasoned that Rule 106 does not allow a party to introduce evidence merely to advance an alternative theory of the case or to correct an impression when the prosecution’s introduced excerpts already covered the same contentions, and that the requested excerpts were either duplicative or unrelated to the specific portions of the interview the government played. The court further determined that sufficient evidence supported the conspiracy conviction, finding that a reasonable jury could infer Alli knowingly participated in the scheme based on his signature on loan documents restricting fund usage, his receipt of proceeds for unauthorized purposes, and his false statements to investigators which could be treated as substantive evidence of guilt. Additionally, the court found no error in the district court’s instructions regarding Pinkerton liability and deliberate ignorance, concluding there was sufficient evidence that Alli was aware of a high probability of fraud and deliberately avoided learning the truth, and that any potential error in the deliberate-ignorance instruction was harmless given the jury’s alternative ability to convict on actual knowledge. As a result, Alli’s 13-month prison sentence and $82,500 restitution order remain in effect. Do It For The Case Law is a news reporting service. Nothing in this episode constitutes legal advice.