骗取近54,166美元新冠救济贷款：男子Desjon Burke承认电信诈骗，2027年2月3日量刑、最高面临20年监禁
美国内华达州 Las Vegas——美国司法部内华达区联邦检察官办公室宣布，住在内华达州 Las Vegas 与加利福尼亚州 Los Angeles 两地的 Desjon Antione Lang Burke，就骗取新冠疫情救济贷款一案认罪，他以虚假材料骗得近 54,166 美元的薪资保护计划（PPP）与经济伤害灾难贷款（EIDL）资金。
法院文件显示，约自 2021 年 1 月 18 日至 2022 年 8 月 23 日，Burke 向小企业局（SBA）提交一份 EIDL 贷款申请，并向一家非银行直接商业贷款机构提交两份 PPP 贷款申请，材料中含有虚假与欺诈信息。
他谎称自己是一家非营利农业企业的独资经营者，而该企业并不存在；谎称企业雇有 10 名员工，实际并无此事；并就这家不存在的公司的营业收入与成本提供虚假信息。2021 年 4 月 13 日，他还在一份 PPP 贷款申请中附上伪造的 2019 纳税年度 Schedule C 表格。
Burke 已就一项电信诈骗罪认罪，该罪最高法定刑罚为 20 年监禁。量刑定于 2027 年 2 月 3 日在首席联邦地区法官 Andrew P. Gordon 面前举行。
内华达区第一助理联邦检察官 Sigal Chattah 表示，检方不会容忍在国家最痛苦的危机之一期间窃取民众钱财的行为，被告把全球疫情当成个人提款机，侵占了真正需要帮助的劳动者与诚实企业主的救命资金，此次认罪将使其面对其贪婪的全部后果。联邦调查局（FBI）Las Vegas 分局主管 Christopher S. Delzotto 表示，滥用支持小企业的联邦计划不可容忍，FBI 将继续追查任何企图诈骗为维持企业运转而设的政府计划的人。
此案由 FBI、SBA 总监察长办公室与美联储理事会—消费者金融保护局总监察长办公室调查，助理联邦检察官 Kimberly Frayn 负责起诉。
Nearly $54,166 in COVID Relief Loans: Desjon Burke Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, Faces Up to 20 Years, Sentencing Set for February 3, 2027
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada announced that Desjon Antione Lang Burke, who resides in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Los Angeles, California, pleaded guilty to a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration (SBA) out of nearly $54,166 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) money he was not entitled to receive.
According to court documents, from about January 18, 2021, to about August 23, 2022, Burke fraudulently submitted an application for an EIDL loan to the SBA and two applications for PPP loans to a non-bank direct commercial lender. The applications contained false and fraudulent information, including that Burke was the sole proprietor of a non-profit agricultural business that did not exist, that the business employed 10 people, which it did not, and false information regarding the business revenue received and costs incurred by the non-existent company. On April 13, 2021, Burke submitted an application for a PPP loan with a fake Schedule C form for tax year 2019.
Burke pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. The maximum statutory penalty is 20 years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for February 3, 2027, before Chief United States District Judge Andrew P. Gordon.
First Assistant United States Attorney Sigal Chattah for the District of Nevada said prosecutors will never tolerate thieves who stole from the American people during one of the most painful crises in the nation's history, calling the case a warning that pandemic fraud is still being tracked down. Special Agent in Charge Christopher S. Delzotto of the FBI Las Vegas Field Office said abusing federal programs supporting small businesses is intolerable and that the FBI remains steadfast in investigating anyone who attempts to defraud government programs created to keep businesses afloat.
The case was investigated by the FBI, the SBA Office of Inspector General, and the Federal Reserve Board-CFPB Office of Inspector General. Assistant United States Attorney Kimberly Frayn is prosecuting the case.
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