US prosecutors failed to win convictions in a number of the high profile Gun Show cases and asked that previously-filed charges against 16 other defendants be dismissed.

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In United States v. Patel, Case No. 1:09-CR-335 (D.D.C.),however, the DOJ suffered a setback in utilizing this approach. Patel is one of the "Gun Show" cases based on the largest FBI sting operation ever conducted in an FCPA case, discussed later in this series. The initial trial ended with a hung jury.

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