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Amended Judgment as to Christopher Scott — USA v. Brown, et al. (Dkt. 117, N.D. Ill.)
Filed August 27, 2025 in USA v. Brown, et al.; one of 67 filings from this case.
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| Court | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois |
|---|---|
| Filed | 2025-08-27 |
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · No. 1:23-cr-00097 · Doc. 117 · 2025-08-27 · Docket on CourtListener
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ILND 245C (Rev. 03/12/2020) Amended Judgment in a Criminal Case
(Note: Identify Changes with Asterisks (*))
Sheet 1
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
Northern District of Illinois
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AMENDED JUDGMENT IN A CRIMINAL CASE
v.
Case Number:
1:23-CR-00097(2)
USM Number:
21208-424
Joshua Adams
Defendant’s Attorney
CHRISTOPHER SCOTT
Date of Original Judgment: August 26, 2025
(Or Date of Last Amended Judgment)
Reason for Amendment:
☐Correction of Sentence on Remand (18 U.S.C. 3742(f)(1) and (2))
☐Reduction of Sentence for Changed Circumstances (Fed. R. Crim.
P. 35(b))
☐Correction of Sentence by Sentencing Court (Fed. R. Crim. P. 35(a))
☒Correction of Sentence for Clerical Mistake (Fed. R. Crim. P. 36)
☐Modification of Supervision Conditions (18 U.S.C. §§ 3563(c) or
3583(e))
☐Modification of Imposed Term of Imprisonment for Extraordinary
and Compelling Reasons (18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1))
☐Modification of Imposed Term of Imprisonment for Retroactive
Amendment(s) to the Sentencing Guidelines (18 U.S.C. §
3582(c)(2))
☐Direct Motion to District Court Pursuant ☐ 28 U.S.C. § 2255
or ☐ 18 U.S.C. § 3559(c)(7)
☐Modification of Restitution Order (18 U.S.C. § 3664)
THE DEFENDANT:
☒pleaded guilty to count(s) Count 5 (five) of the Indictment.
☐pleaded nolo contendere to count(s)
which was accepted by the court.
☐was found guilty on count(s)
after a plea of not guilty.
The defendant is adjudicated guilty of these offenses:
Title & Section / Nature of Offense
Offense Ended
Count
18:1343.F Wire Fraud
03/10/2021
5
The defendant is sentenced as provided in pages 2 through 4 of this judgment. The sentence is imposed pursuant to the Sentencing Reform
Act of 1984. Other than the amendments or modifications stated in this judgment, the judgment previously entered shall stand. (See
attachments)
☐The defendant has been found not guilty on count(s)
☒Count(s) remaining are dismissed on the motion of the United States.
It is ordered that the defendant must notify the United States attorney for this district within 30 days of any change of name,
residence, or mailing address until all fines, restitution, costs, and special assessments imposed by this judgment are fully paid. If ordered to
pay restitution, the defendant must notify the court and United States attorney of material changes in economic circumstances.
August 27, 2025
Date of Imposition of Judgment
_____________________________________________
Signature of Judge
Elaine E. Bucklo, United States District Judge
Name and Title of Judge
8/27/2025
Date
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ILND 245C (Rev. 03/12/2020) Amended Judgment in a Criminal Case
(Note: Identify Changes with Asterisks (*))
Sheet 2 – Imprisonment
Judgment – Page 2 of 4
DEFENDANT: CHRISTOPHER SCOTT
CASE NUMBER: 1:23-CR-00097(2)
IMPRISONMENT
*The defendant is hereby committed to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to be imprisoned for a total term of:
SEVENTY (70) MONTHS as to Count 5 (five) of the Indictment.
☐
The court makes the following recommendations to the Bureau of Prisons:
☐
The defendant is remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal.
☐
The defendant shall surrender to the United States Marshal for this district:
☐
at on
☐
as notified by the United States Marshal.
☒
The defendant shall surrender for service of sentence at the institution designated by the Bureau of Prisons:
☒
before 2:00 pm on September 26, 2025
☐
as notified by the United States Marshal.
☐
as notified by the Probation or Pretrial Services Office.
RETURN
I have executed this judgment as follows: _____________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Defendant delivered on ___________ to ________________________ at_____________________________, with a certified copy of this
judgment.
__________________________________________
UNITED STATES MARSHAL
By ___________________________________________
DEPUTY UNITED STATES MARSHAL
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(Note: Identify Changes with Asterisks (*))
Sheet 3 – Supervised Release
Judgment – Page 3 of 4
DEFENDANT: CHRISTOPHER SCOTT
CASE NUMBER: 1:23-CR-00097(2)
☐
(10) (intermittent confinement): you shall remain in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons during nights, weekends, or other
intervals of time, totaling [no more than the lesser of one year or the term of imprisonment authorized for the
offense], during the first year of the term of supervised release (provided, however, that a condition set forth in
§3563(b)(10) shall be imposed only for a violation of a condition of supervised release in accordance with § 3583(e)(2)
and only when facilities are available) for the following period .
☐
(11) (community confinement): you shall reside at, or participate in the program of a community corrections facility
(including a facility maintained or under contract to the Bureau of Prisons) for all or part of the term of supervised
release, for a period of months.
☐
(12) you shall work in community service for hours as directed by a probation officer.
☐
(13) you shall reside in the following place or area: , or refrain from residing in a specified place or area: .
☒
(14) you shall not knowingly leave from the federal judicial district where you are being supervised, unless
granted permission to leave by the court or a probation officer. The geographic area of the Northern District of
Illinois currently consists of the Illinois counties of Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Will,
Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside, and Winnebago.
☒
(15) you shall report to the probation office in the federal judicial district to which you are released within 72 hours of your
release from imprisonment. You shall thereafter report to a probation officer at reasonable times as directed by the court
or a probation officer.
☒
(16) ☒
you shall permit a probation officer to visit you ☒ at any reasonable time or ☐ as specified: ,
☒ at home
☒ at work
☐ at school
☐ at a community service location
☒ other reasonable location specified by a probation officer
☒ you shall permit confiscation of any contraband observed in plain view of the probation officer.
☒
(17) you shall notify a probation officer within 72 hours, after becoming aware of any change in residence, employer, or
workplace and, absent constitutional or other legal privilege, answer inquiries by a probation officer. You shall answer
truthfully any inquiries by a probation officer, subject to any constitutional or other legal privilege.
☒
(18) you shall notify a probation officer within 72 hours if arrested, charged with a crime, or questioned by a law
enforcement officer.
☐
(19) (home confinement)
☐
(a)(i) (home incarceration) for a period of __ months, you are restricted to your residence at all times except for
medical necessities and court appearances or other activities specifically approved by the court.
☐
(a)(ii) (home detention) for a period of __ months, you are restricted to your residence at all times except for
employment; education; religious services; medical, substance abuse, or mental health treatment; attorney visits;
court appearances; court-ordered obligations; or other activities pre-approved by the probation officer.
☐
(a)(iii) (curfew) for a period of __ months, you are restricted to your residence every day.
☐
from the times directed by the probation officer; or ☐ from __ to __.
☐
(b) your compliance with this condition, as well as other court-imposed conditions of supervision, shall be monitored
by a form of location monitoring technology selected at the discretion of the probation officer, and you shall abide
by all technology requirements.
☐
(c) you shall pay all or part of the cost of the location monitoring, at the daily contractual rate, if you are financially
able to do so.
☐
(20) you shall comply with the terms of any court order or order of an administrative process pursuant to the law of a State, the
District of Columbia, or any other possession or territory of the United States, requiring payments by you for the support
and maintenance of a child or of a child and the parent with whom the child is living.
☐
(21) (deportation): you shall be surrendered to a duly authorized official of the Homeland Security Department for a
determination on the issue of deportability by the appropriate authority in accordance with the laws under the Immigration
and Nationality Act and the established implementing regulations. If ordered deported, you shall not remain in or enter the
United States without obtaining, in advance, the express written consent of the United States Attorney General or the
United States Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
☒
(22) you shall satisfy such other special conditions as ordered below.
☒
(23) You shall submit your person, property, house, residence, vehicle, papers [computers (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1030(e)(1)),
other electronic communications or data storage devices or media,] or office, to a search conducted by a United States
Probation Officer(s). Failure to submit to a search may be grounds for revocation of release. You shall warn any other
occupants that the premises may be subject to searches pursuant to this condition. An officer(s) may conduct a search
pursuant to this condition only when reasonable suspicion exists that you have violated a condition of your supervision and
that the areas to be searched contain evidence of this violation. Any search must be conducted at a reasonable time and in a
reasonable manner.
☐
(24)
Other:
*
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Sheet 6 – Schedule of Payments
Judgment – Page 4 of 4
DEFENDANT: CHRISTOPHER SCOTT
CASE NUMBER: 1:23-CR-00097(2)
SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS
Having assessed the defendant’s ability to pay, payment of the total criminal monetary penalties is due as follows:
A
☒ Lump sum payment of $100.00 due immediately.
☐
balance due not later than
, or
☒
balance due in accordance with ☐ C, ☐ D, ☐ E, or ☒ F below; or
B
☐Payment to begin immediately (may be combined with ☐ C, ☐ D, or ☐ F below); or
C
☐Payment in equal
(e.g. weekly, monthly, quarterly) installments of $
over a period of
(e.g., months or years), to
commence
(e.g., 30 or 60 days) after the date of this judgment; or
D
☐Payment in equal
(e.g. weekly, monthly, quarterly) installments of $ over a period of
(e.g., months or years), to
commence
(e.g., 30 or 60 days) after release from imprisonment to a term of supervision; or
E
☐Payment during the term of supervised release will commence within
(e.g., 30 or 60 days) after release from imprisonment.
The court will set the payment plan based on an assessment of the defendant’s ability to pay at that time; or
F
☒ Special instructions regarding the payment of criminal monetary penalties: You shall pay to the Clerk of the Court any financial
obligation ordered herein that remains unpaid at the commencement of the term of supervised release, at a rate of not less than 10% of the
total of your gross earnings minus federal and state income tax withholdings.
Unless the court has expressly ordered otherwise, if this judgment imposes imprisonment, payment of criminal monetary penalties is due
during imprisonment. All criminal monetary penalties, except those payments made through the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Inmate Financial
Responsibility Program, are made to the clerk of the court.
The defendant shall receive credit for all payments previously made toward any criminal monetary penalties imposed.
☐Joint and Several
Case Number
Total Amount
Joint and Several
Corresponding Payee, if
Defendant and Co-Defendant Names
Amount
Appropriate
(including defendant number)
**See above for Defendant and Co-Defendant Names and Case Numbers (including defendant number), Total Amount, Joint and Several
Amount, and corresponding payee, if appropriate.**
☐The defendant shall pay the cost of prosecution.
☐The defendant shall pay the following court cost(s):
☐ The defendant shall forfeit the defendant’s interest in the following property to the United States:
Payments shall be applied in the following order: (1) assessment, (2) restitution principal, (3) restitution interest, (4) AVAA assessment, (5)
fine principal, (6) fine interest, (7) community restitution, (8) JVTA assessment, (9) penalties, and (10) costs, including cost of prosecution
and court costs.
*
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