The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Elkin, 731 F.2d 1005 (2nd Cir. 1984):
In United States v. Tiler, 602 F.2d 30 (2d Cir.1979), we noted that the "well-settled construction" of this provision "is that restitution may be ordered as a condition of probation only for actual damages flowing from the specific crime charged in the indictment of which the defendant is convicted either after a trial or a plea of guilty."
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