Proposed Verdict Form by Bernard Okojie — USA v. OKOJIE (Dkt. 80)

Summary

Defendant Bernard Okojie's Proposed Jury Verdict form in United States v. Bernard Okojie, Case 4:22-cr-00084-LGW-BWC in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Savannah Division, filed 03/07/23 as Document 80 by defense counsel. It splits Count One into separate verdicts for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and asks jurors who find guilt to mark each act in paragraphs 27a through 27h and 29 that they unanimously find proven. It provides verdict lines for Count Two, wire fraud, and Count Three, money laundering conspiracy, with the jury to mark which money laundering object in paragraphs 34 to 36 it finds, including monetary transactions over $10,000.

Summary drafted by a model from the document's text below and checked by script against that text before publication. It is a navigation aid, not a reading of what the document proves. Where AI is used

Record facts

Full text

Case 4:22-cr-00084-LGW-BWC Document 80 Filed 03/07/23. Page1of5

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

SAVANNAH DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )
)

v. ) CASE NUMBER: 4:22-CR-84
)
BERNARD OKOJIE, )
Defendant )
)

DEFENDANT BERNARD OKOJIE’S
PROPOSED JURY VERDICT
As to Count One

Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud
in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343

We, the jury, find defendant BERNARD OKOJIE:

(In the blank check off your unanimous verdict, either guilty or not guilty.)

_____ Guilty

____ Not Guilty

If “Guilty” is checked above, check the paragraph numbers of every act listed in Count
One that you have found unanimously and beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Okojie with other
co-conspirators, did conspire, confederate, and agree with each other to commit wire fraud:

____ Paragraph 27a

___ Paragraph 27b

__ Paragraph 27c

____ Paragraph 27d

____ Paragraph 27e

____ Paragraph 27f

Paragraph 27¢
Case 4:22-cr-00084-LGW-BWC Document 80 Filed 03/07/23. Page2of5

Paragraph 27h

Paragraph 29

As to Count One
Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud
in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344

We, the jury, find defendant BERNARD OKOJIE:

(In the blank check off your unanimous verdict, either guilty or not guilty.)

_ Guilty

____ Not Guilty

If “Guilty” is checked above, check the paragraph numbers of every act listed in Count
One that you have found unanimously and beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Okojie with other
co-conspirators, did conspire, confederate, and agree with each other to commit bank fraud:

____ Paragraph 27a

____ Paragraph 27b

____ Paragraph 27c

____ Paragraph 27d

____ Paragraph 27e

___ Paragraph 27f

___ Paragraph 27g

____ Paragraph 27h

Paragraph 29
Case 4:22-cr-00084-LGW-BWC Document 80 Filed 03/07/23. Page3of5

As to Count Two
Wire Fraud
in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343 and 2

We, the jury, find defendant BERNARD OKOJIE:

(In the blank check off your unanimous verdict, either guilty or not guilty.)

_____ Guilty

___ Not Guilty

As to Count Three
Money Laundering Conspiracy
in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h)

We, the jury, find defendant BERNARD OKOJIE:

(In the blank check off your unanimous verdict, either guilty or not guilty.)

____ Guilty

___ Not Guilty

If “Guilty” is checked above, check the specific violation in the Indictment that you have
found unanimously and beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Okojie with other co-conspirators,
did conspire, confederate, and agree with each other to commit money laundering in violation of:

___ Paragraph 34, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(B)(i) — to conceal or disguise the nature, the

location, the source, the ownership, or the control of the proceeds of specified

unlawful activity
Wire Fraud

Bank Fraud
Case 4:22-cr-00084-LGW-BWC Document 80 Filed 03/07/23. Page4of5

___ Paragraph 35, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(B)(ii) — to avoid a transaction reporting
requirement under State or Federal law
___ Wire Fraud
___ Bank Fraud

___ Paragraph 36, 18 U.S.C. § 1957 — knowingly engages or attempts to engage in a
monetary transaction in criminally derived property of a value greater than

$10,000 and is derived from specified unlawful activity
Case 4:22-cr-00084-LGW-BWC Document 80 Filed 03/07/23. Page5of5

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

SAVANNAH DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )
)

v. ) CASE NUMBER: 4:22-CR-84
)
BERNARD OKOJIE, )
Defendant )
)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

This is to certify that I have this day served all parties in this case in accordance with the
directives from the Court Notice of Electronic Filing (“NEF”), which was generated as a result of
electronic filing.

This 7" day of March, 2023.

s/ John J. Ossick, Jr
John J. Ossick, Jr.

Georgia Bar Number 555150

JOHN J. OSSICK, JR., P.C.
Post Office Box 1087
Kingsland, Georgia 31548
Telephone: 912-729-5864

E-mail: ossick@tds.net

File and source

File

gov.uscourts.gasd.87222.80.0.pdf

Size

129,795 bytes

SHA-256

e0f5e6af87e65121e0ce1defd8ab5f45d9c232811d53a08d7409ff80395dee37

Our copy

gov.uscourts.gasd.87222.80.0.pdf

Original

PACER (login required)