Text of Proposed Order — USA v. Harris (Dkt. 24-1, S.D. Fla.)

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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida · No. 1:23-cr-20295-CMA · Doc. 24-1 · 2023-10-24 · Docket on CourtListener

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 
 
CASE NO. 23-CR-20295-ALTONAGA/DAMIAN 
 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
 
v.  
 
ARASHIO HARRIS, 
 
 
 
Defendant. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PRELIMINARY ORDER OF FORFEITURE 
 
THIS MATTER is before the Court upon motion of the United States of America (the 
“United States”) for entry of a Preliminary Order of Forfeiture (“Motion”) against Defendant 
Arashio Harris (the “Defendant”).  The Court has considered the Motion, is otherwise advised in 
the premises, and finds as follows: 
On July 14, 2023, the United States filed an Information charging the Defendant in Count 
1 with wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343.  Information, ECF No. 1.  The Information also 
contained forfeiture allegations, which alleged that upon conviction of a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 
1343, the Defendant shall forfeit to the United States any property, real or personal, which 
constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to such offense, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 
981(a)(1)(C), as incorporated by 28 U.S.C. § 2461(c).  Id. at 8.   
On August 9, 2023, the Court accepted the Defendant’s guilty plea to Count 1 of the 
Information.  See Minute Entry, ECF No. 9; Plea Agreement, ECF No. 10.  As part of the guilty 
plea, the Defendant agreed to the forfeiture of all right, title, and interest to any property, real or 
personal, which constitutes proceeds traceable to the offense of conviction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 
§ 981(a)(1)(C), as made applicable by 28 U.S.C. § 2461(c).  ECF No. 10 at 5.   
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In support of the guilty plea, the Defendant executed a Factual Proffer, and the Court found 
that there was a factual basis to support the Defendant’s conviction.  Factual Proffer, ECF No. 11.  
The Factual Proffer also provided a basis for the forfeiture of property.  Id. at 5-8.  The United 
States Probation Office has since conducted a presentence investigation, which included 
information on the Defendant’s financial condition.  See Presentence Investigation Report, ECF 
No. 20. 
As set forth in the Factual Proffer, ECF No. 11, and the Presentence Investigation Report, 
ECF No. 20, the Defendant was the owner and president of companies The Good Family Property 
Solutions Inc. and Flying Lions LLC.  ECF No. 11 at 1; ECF No. 20 at ¶¶ 76, 77.  The Defendant 
was the sole signatory on Good Family’s checking account at Wells Fargo Bank and a signatory 
on Flying Lion’s checking account at Wells Fargo Bank.  ECF No. 11 at 5.  The Defendant, through 
Good Family, submitted a fraudulent application to the Small Business Administration (SBA) 
seeking and obtaining an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and an EIDL advance, which 
together totaled $23,500.  ECF No. 11 at 5-6; ECF No. 20 at ¶ 22.  The Defendant, through Good 
Family, submitted fraudulent applications for two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, 
allowing him to fraudulently obtain a first-draw PPP loan of $129,275 in July 2020, and a second-
draw PPP loan of $129,276 in April 2021.  ECF No. 11 at 7-8; ECF No. 20 at ¶¶ 24-27.  The 
Defendant, using Flying Lions, fraudulently applied for and obtained from the SBA an EIDL for 
$150,000.  ECF No. 11 at 6; ECF No. 20 at ¶ 23.  All loans were disbursed to the accounts at Wells 
Fargo described above.  ECF No. 11 at 6-8.  
Accordingly, based on the foregoing, the evidence in the record, and for good cause shown, 
the Motion is GRANTED, and it is hereby ORDERED that: 
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1. 
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C) and 28 U.S.C. § 2461(c) and Rule 32.2 of the 
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, a forfeiture money judgment in the amount of $432,051 in 
U.S. currency is hereby entered against the Defendant. 
2. 
The United States is authorized to conduct any discovery that might be necessary 
to identify, locate, or dispose of forfeited property, and to resolve any third-party petition, pursuant 
to Rule 32.2(b)(3), (c)(1)(B) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and 21 U.S.C. § 853(m). 
3. 
Pursuant to Rule 32.2(b)(4) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, this Order 
is final as to the Defendant. 
4. 
The Court shall retain jurisdiction in this matter for the purpose of enforcing this 
Order, and pursuant to Rule 32.2(e)(1) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall amend 
this Order, or enter other orders as necessary, to forfeit additional specific property when 
identified. 
DONE AND ORDERED in Miami, Florida, this _______ day of October 2023. 
 
____________________________________  
CECILIA M. ALTONAGA 
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
 
 
 
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