Exhibit J (IL DES) — USA v. Merritts (Dkt. 35-9, D.D.C.)

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Doc. 35-9, titled Exhibit J (IL DES), filed December 2, 2025 in USA v. Merritts, No. 1:25-cr-00076-JMC, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. It is a Declaration Certifying Records of Regularly Conducted Activity by Gregory J. Ramel, who states being employed by the Illinois Department of Employment Security with the official title Deputy Legal Counsel (retired). The declaration states that attached records are original or duplicates kept by that department and reports no matches on the names, EIN or SSN searched. It is executed at Chicago, Illinois, under penalty of perjury.

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Case 1:25-cr-00076-JMC Document 35-9 Filed 12/02/25 Page 2 of 2

DECLARATION CERTIFYING RECORDS OF
REGULARLY CONDUCTED ACTIVITY

I, Gregory J. Ramel, am employed by the Illinois Department of Employment Security.

My official title is Deputy Legal Counsel (retired). As part of my duties as Deputy Legal
Counsel, I am familiar with the records that the Illinois Department of Employment Security keeps
in the ordinary course of business. I am familiar with the types of documents received, created
and relied upon by the Illinois Department of Employment Security in the ordinary course of its
business.

I certify that I have reviewed the records attached hereto and that these records are the
original or duplicates of the original records kept in the custody of the Illinois Department of
Employment Security.

No matches on names (Vetted***), EIN S371) or SSN a 1471).

Such records were made, at or near the time of the occurrence of the matters set forth, by (or from
information transmitted by) a person with knowledge of these matters;

A) Such records were kept in the course of a regularly conducted business activity;
B) The business activity made such records as a regular practice;
C) Ifsuch record is not the original, such record is a duplicate of the original.

I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct

Executed on this 8th day ofYanuary, 2025.

At Chicago, Illinois

USAO-007315


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