The following excerpt is from United States v. Hedley, CASE NO. 13CR1129 WQH (S.D. Cal. 2014):
shall order restitution to each victim in the full amount of each victim's losses as determined by the court and without consideration of the economic circumstances of the defendant." 18 U.S.C. 3664(f)(1)(A). "[A]ctual loss for restitution purposes is determined by comparing what actually happened with what would have happened if the defendant had acted lawfully." United States v. Hunter, 618 F.3d 1062, 1064 (9th Cir. 2010)(internal citation omitted).
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