on the Government than should have been required. The evidence at trial established that victims deposited funds in the amount of $37,500, into the Maude Ellen Coates Armstrong Foundation’s (“MECA”) Sun-Trust account in McLean, Virginia. Two days later, Golden deposited into her personal account at Bank of America in Virginia Beach, Virginia, a check payable to herself she had written from MECA’s Sun-Trust account. Because the interstate commerce element is satisfied by evidence establishing Golden withdrew the money from an FDIC insured bank, and the parties stipulated both SunTrust and Bank of America were FDIC insured, there was sufficient evidence to support a conclusion that the funds had traveled in interstate commerce. See United States v. Peay, 972 F.2d 71, 74 (4th Cir.1992) (<HOLDING>). Therefore, there was sufficient evidence to
holding deposit of unlawful proceeds in an fdic insured institution was sufficient to establish interstate commerce nexus required to support a money laundering conviction holding after lopez that the interstate nexus element of the hobbs act still requires the government to show only a minimal connection to interstate commerce holding that the defendants stipulation that the gun had moved in interstate commerce was sufficient evidence to support his conviction under 18 usc  922g1 recognizing that  the interstate nexus requirement is satisfied by proof of a probable or potential impact on interstate commerce holding that robbery of proceeds intended for purchase of cocaine affected interstate commerce