Amended Judgment and Commitment as to Darrell Thomas — USA v. Thomas et al. (Dkt. 475, N.D. Ga.)

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U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia · No. 1:20-cr-00296-JPB-CMS · Doc. 475 · 2022-05-23 · Docket on CourtListener

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA 
ATLANTA DIVISION 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
v. 
DARRELL THOMAS 
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AMENDED JUDGMENT IN A
CRIMINAL CASE   
Case Number:    1:20-CR-296-JPB-CMS-1
USM Number:   73324019 
BENJAMIN BLACK ALPER 
Defendant’s Attorney 
THE DEFENDANT: 
The defendant pleaded guilty to count(s) 1, 18. 
The defendant is adjudicated guilty of these offenses: 
Title & Section 
Nature of Offense 
Offense Ended 
Count 
18 U.S.C. § 1349 
ATTEMPT AND 
CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT 
FRAUD 
AUGUST 6, 2020 
1 
18 U.S.C. § 1956 AND § 2 
MONEY LAUNDERING - 
BANK FRAUD 
AUGUST 6, 2020 
18 
The defendant is sentenced as provided in pages 2 through 12 of this judgment.  The sentence is imposed pursuant 
to the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. 
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. 
MAY 9, 2022 
Date of Imposition of Judgment 
Signature of Judge 
J. P. BOULEE, U. S. DISTRICT JUDGE 
Name and Title of Judge 
Date 
MAY 23, 2022
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DEFENDANT:   DARRELL THOMAS 
CASE NUMBER:  1:20-CR-296-JPB-CMS-1 
    Judgment -- Page 2 of 12 
Judgment in a Criminal Case 
Sheet 2 -- Imprisonment 
IMPRISONMENT 
The defendant is hereby committed to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to be imprisoned for 
a total term of:  ONE-HUNDRED EIGHTY (180) MONTHS AS TO COUNT 1 AND ONE-HUNDRED 
EIGHTY (180) MONTHS AS TO COUNT 18, TO RUN CONCURRENTLY, FOR A TOTAL TERM OF 
ONE-HUNDRED EIGHTY (180) MONTHS 
The court makes the following recommendations to the Bureau of Prisons:  
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The Court recommends that Defendant be housed in the state of Florida.
The defendant is remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal.
RETURN 
I have executed this judgment as follows:  
Defendant delivered on 
  to 
at  
, with a certified copy of this judgment. 
UNITED STATES MARSHAL 
DEPUTY UNITED STATES MARSHAL 
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DEFENDANT:   DARRELL THOMAS 
CASE NUMBER:  1:20-CR-296-JPB-CMS-1 
    Judgment -- Page 3 of 12 
Judgment in a Criminal Case 
Sheet 3 -- Supervised Release 
SUPERVISED RELEASE 
Upon release from imprisonment, you will be on supervised release for a term of:  FIVE (5) YEARS AS 
TO COUNT 1 AND THREE (3) YEARS AS TO COUNT 18, TO BE SERVED CONCURRENTLY, FOR 
A TOTAL TERM OF FIVE (5) YEARS 
MANDATORY CONDITIONS 
1. You must not commit another federal, state or local crime.
2. You must not unlawfully possess a controlled substance.
3. You must refrain from any unlawful use of a controlled substance. You must submit to one drug test within
15 days of release from imprisonment and at least two periodic drug tests thereafter, as determined by the
court.
The above drug testing condition is suspended, based on the court's determination that you
pose a low risk of future substance abuse.
4. You must cooperate in the collection of DNA as directed by the probation officer.
5. You must make restitution in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §§ 2248, 2259, 2264, 2327, 3663, 3663A and
3664. Restitution payments must be made to Clerk, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 2211
U.S. Courthouse, 75 Ted Turner Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA 30303.
You must comply with the standard conditions that have been adopted by this court as well as with any other 
conditions on the attached page. 
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DEFENDANT:   DARRELL THOMAS 
CASE NUMBER:  1:20-CR-296-JPB-CMS-1 
    Judgment -- Page 4 of 12 
STANDARD CONDITIONS OF SUPERVISION 
As part of your supervised release, you must comply with the following standard conditions of supervision.  These conditions are 
imposed because they establish the basic expectations for your behavior while on supervision and identify the minimum tools needed 
by probation officers to keep informed, report to the court about, and bring about improvements in your conduct and condition. 
1.
You must report to the probation office in the federal judicial district where you are authorized to reside within 72 hours of your
release from imprisonment, unless the probation officer instructs you to report to a different probation office or within a different
time frame.
2.
After initially reporting to the probation office, you will receive instructions from the court or the probation officer about how
and when you must report to the probation officer, and you must report to the probation officer as instructed.
3.
You must not knowingly leave the federal judicial district where you are authorized to reside without first getting permission
from the court or the probation officer.
4.
You must answer truthfully the questions asked by your probation officer.
5.
You must live at a place approved by the probation officer. If you plan to change where you live or anything about your living
arrangements (such as the people you live with), you must notify the probation officer at least 10 days before the change. If
notifying the probation officer in advance is not possible due to unanticipated circumstances, you must notify the probation
officer within 72 hours of becoming aware of a change or expected change.
6.
You must allow the probation officer to visit you at any time at your home or elsewhere, and you must permit the probation
officer to take any items prohibited by the conditions of your supervision that he or she observes in plain view.
7.
You must work full time (at least 30 hours per week) at a lawful type of employment, unless the probation officer excuses you
from doing so.  If you do not have full-time employment you must try to find full-time employment, unless the probation officer
excuses you from doing so. If you plan to change where you work or anything about your work (such as your position or your
job responsibilities), you must notify the probation officer at least 10 days before the change. If notifying the probation officer
at least 10 days in advance is not possible due to unanticipated circumstances, you must notify the probation officer within 72
hours of becoming aware of a change or expected change.
8.
You must not communicate or interact with someone you know is engaged in criminal activity.  If you know someone has been
convicted of a felony, you must not knowingly communicate or interact with that person without first getting the permission of
the probation officer.
9.
If you are arrested or questioned by a law enforcement officer, you must notify the probation officer within 72 hours.
10. You must not own, possess, or have access to a firearm, ammunition, destructive device, or dangerous weapon (i.e., anything
that was designed, or was modified for, the specific purpose of causing bodily injury or death to another person such as
nunchakus or tasers).
11. You must not act or make any agreement with a law enforcement agency to act as a confidential human source or informant
without first getting the permission of the court.
12. If the probation officer determines that you pose a risk to another person (including an organization), the probation officer may
require you to notify the person about the risk and you must comply with that instruction.  The probation officer may contact
the person and confirm that you have notified the person about the risk.
13. You must follow the instructions of the probation officer related to the conditions of supervision.
U.S. Probation Office Use Only 
A U.S. probation officer has instructed me on the conditions specified by the court and has provided me with a written copy of this 
judgment containing these conditions. For further information regarding these conditions, see Overview of Probation and Supervised 
Release Conditions, available at:  www.uscourts.gov 
I understand that a violation of any of these conditions of supervised release may result in modification, extension, or revocation of my 
term of supervision. 
Defendant's Signature 
Date 
USPO's Signature 
Date 
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DEFENDANT:   DARRELL THOMAS 
CASE NUMBER:  1:20-CR-296-JPB-CMS-1 
 
    Judgment -- Page 5 of 12 
 
 
ADDITIONAL STANDARD CONDITIONS OF SUPERVISION 
 
SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF SUPERVISION 
 
As part of your supervised release, you must comply with the following special conditions of supervision. 
 
You must make full and complete disclosure of your finances and submit to an audit of your financial documents 
at the request of your probation officer. You must provide the probation officer with full and complete access to 
any requested financial information and authorize the release of any financial information.  The probation office 
may share the financial information with the United States Attorney's Office. 
 
You must not incur new credit charges, or open additional lines of credit without the approval of the probation 
officer. 
 
You must 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.  Failure to submit to a search may be grounds for revocation of release.  
You must warn any other occupants that the premises may be subject to searches pursuant to this condition.  An 
officer may conduct a search pursuant to this condition only when reasonable suspicion exists that you violated a 
condition of your supervision and that areas to be searched contain evidence of this violation.  Any search must 
be conducted at a reasonable time and in a reasonable manner. 
 
You must permit confiscation and/or disposal of any material considered to be contraband or any other item which 
may be deemed to have evidentiary value of violations of supervision. 
 
 
 
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DEFENDANT:   DARRELL THOMAS 
CASE NUMBER:  1:20-CR-296-JPB-CMS-1 
 
    Judgment -- Page 6 of 12 
 
 
Judgment in a Criminal Case 
Sheet 5 -- Criminal Monetary Penalties 
 
CRIMINAL MONETARY PENALTIES 
 
The defendant must pay the total criminal monetary penalties under the schedule of payments on Sheet 6. 
 
 
 
Special Assessment 
 
TOTAL 
$200.00 
 
The Court finds that the defendant does not have the ability to pay a fine and cost of incarceration.  The Court 
waives the fine and cost of incarceration in this case. 
 
 
 
Fine 
 
TOTAL 
$0 
 
 
 
Restitution 
 
TOTAL 
$13,206,752.10 
 
If the defendant makes a partial payment, each payee shall receive an approximately proportioned payment, unless 
specified otherwise in the priority order or percentage payment column below.  However, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 
§ 3664(i), all nonfederal victims must be paid before the United States is paid. 
 
Name of Payee 
Total Loss***** 
Restitution Ordered 
 
 
 
 
 
CDC Small Business 
Finance, Attn: Todd 
Kobernick, Law Offices 
of Todd Kobernick, 2448 
Historic Decatur Road, 
Suite 220, San Diego, 
CA 92106 
 
$2,406,727.80 
$2,406,727.80 
 
Harvest Small Business 
Finance, Attn: Arely 
Garcia, AVP/Finance, 
24422 Avenida De La 
Carlota, Ste. 232, Laguna 
Hills, CA 92653 
 
$2,285,341.68 
$2,285,341.68 
 
Cross River Bank, 
Legal Department, 400 
Kelby Street, 14th Floor, 
Fort Lee, New Jersey 
07024 
$2,393,113.19 
2,393,113.19 
 
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DEFENDANT:   DARRELL THOMAS 
CASE NUMBER:  1:20-CR-296-JPB-CMS-1 
 
    Judgment -- Page 7 of 12 
 
 
Small Business 
Administration/DFC, 
Attn: Paul Keenan, 721 
19th St., 3rd Floor, Room 
301, Denver, CO 80202 
$1,478,198.82 
$1,478,198.82 
 
 
 
 
 
Customers Bank, Attn: 
Kim Ogden, Director of 
Fraud Prevention and 
Investigation, 701 
Reading Ave, West 
Reading, PA 19611 
$1,456,940.00 
$1,456,940.00 
 
 
 
 
 
PNC Bank, Attn: Lori 
Hammers, 101 S. 5th 
Street, 6th Floor, MC: 
K1-K201-06-1, 
Louisville, KY 40202 
$1,193,500.00 
$1,193,500.00 
 
 
Celtic Bank, Attn: Todd 
Boren, Chief Risk 
Officer, 268 S. State 
Street, Suite 300, Salt 
Lake City, UT 84111 
 
State Farm Bank, Attn: 
Bryan Snyder, Enterprise 
Compliance and Ethics, 
One State Farm Plaza – 
C2, Bloomingon, IL 
61710 
 
Digital Federal Credit 
Union, Attn: Rhonda 
Auger, Sr. Fraud 
Investigator, 220 Donald 
Lynch Blvd., PO Box 
9130, Marlborough, MA 
01752 
 
Bank of America, Attn: 
Legal Department, 100 
N. Tryon St., Charlotte, 
NC 28202 
 
Navy Federal Credit 
Union, Attn: Erin 
Hackney, Court Order 
 
$781,638.61 
 
 
 
 
 
$527,127.00 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$227,365.00 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$140,000.00 
 
 
 
 
$104,000.00 
 
 
 
$781,638.61 
 
 
 
 
 
$527,127.00 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$227,365.00 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$140,000.00 
 
 
 
 
$104,000.00 
 
 
 
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DEFENDANT:   DARRELL THOMAS 
CASE NUMBER:  1:20-CR-296-JPB-CMS-1 
 
    Judgment -- Page 8 of 12 
 
Operation, 820 Follin 
Lane, Vienna, VA 22180 
 
Regions Bank, Attn: 
Mary Ann Coker, 
Corporate Security, 2090 
Parkway Office Cir., 
Hoover, AL 35244 
 
Del Norte, Attn: Pam 
Atencio, Chief 
Operations Officer, PO 
Box 1180, Los Alamos, 
NM 87544 
 
Truist (formerly 
BB&T), Attn: Financial 
Crimes, 4320 Kahn 
Drive, Bldg 2, 
Lumberton, NC 28358 
 
 
 
 
$85,000.00 
 
 
 
 
 
$57,000.00 
 
 
 
 
 
$40,000.00 
 
 
 
$85,000.00 
 
 
 
 
 
$57,000.00 
 
 
 
 
 
$40,000.00 
USAA, Attn: USAA 
Corporate Security 
Investigations, PO Box 
22373, San Antonio, TX 
78265 
$30,800.00 
$30,800.00 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TOTALS 
 
$13,206,727.80 
 
$13,206,727.80 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The court determined that the defendant does not have the ability to pay interest and it is ordered that:  The interest 
requirement is waived for the restitution. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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DEFENDANT:   DARRELL THOMAS 
CASE NUMBER:  1:20-CR-296-JPB-CMS-1 
    Judgment -- Page 9 of 12 
Judgment in a Criminal Case 
Sheet 6 -- Schedule of Payments 
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 $ due immediately, balance due:
not later than _____, or
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  _____ days (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 _____ days  (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 _____ days (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:
Unless the court has expressly ordered otherwise, if this judgment imposes imprisonment, payment of criminal monetary 
penalties is due during the period of 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
Defendant and Co-Defendant Names and Case Numbers (including defendant number), Total Amount, Joint and Several 
Amount, and corresponding payee, if appropriate. 
Defendant  
Case Number 
Total Joint and 
Several Amount 
Corresponding Payee 
Charles Hill IV 
1:20-cr-296-JPB-
CMS-16  
$1,004,805.00 
CDC Small Business 
Finance; Small 
Business 
Administration/DFC  
Meghan Thomas 
1:20-cr-296-JPB-
CMS-7  
$2,381,760.35 
CDC Small Business 
Finance; Harvest 
Small Business 
Finance; Small 
Business 
Administration/DFC; 
Customers Bank 
Amanda Christian 
1:20-cr-296-JPB-
CMS-9  
$835,542.00 
CDC Small Business 
Finance; Cross River 
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DEFENDANT:   DARRELL THOMAS 
CASE NUMBER:  1:20-CR-296-JPB-CMS-1 
    Judgment -- Page 10 of 12 
Bank; Small Business 
Administration/DFC 
Jesika Blakely 
1:20-cr-296-JPB-
CMS-8  
$5,348,498.89 
CDC Small Business 
Finance; Cross River 
Bank; Small Business 
Administration/DFC; 
Customers Bank; 
Harvest Small 
Business Finance 
Denesseria Slaton 
1:21-cr-179-JPB-1 
$2,412,222.00 
CDC Small Business 
Finance; Cross River 
Bank; Small Business 
Administration/DFC; 
Customers Bank 
Dwan Ashong 
1:20-cr-296-JPB-
CMS-10  
 $1,376,658.00 
CDC Small Business 
Finance; Harvest 
Small Business 
Finance; Small 
Business 
Administration/DFC; 
Customers Bank; 
Celtic Bank; Cross 
River Bank 
Teldrin Foster 
1:20-cr-296-JPB-
CMS-20  
$10,393,787.35 
CDC Small Business 
Finance; Harvest 
Small Business 
Finance; Cross River 
Bank; Small Business 
Administration/DFC; 
Customers Bank; 
Celtic Bank  
Ricky Dixon 
1:20-cr-296-JPB-
CMS-6 
$4,263,783.92 
CDC Small Business 
Finance; Harvest 
Small Business 
Finance; Small 
Business 
Administration/DFC; 
Customers Bank; 
Celtic Bank; State 
Farm Bank; PNC Bank 
El Hadj Sall 
1:20-cr-296-JPB-
CMS-18 
$823,585.00 
CDC Small Business 
Finance; Small 
Business 
Administration/DFC 
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DEFENDANT:   DARRELL THOMAS 
CASE NUMBER:  1:20-CR-296-JPB-CMS-1 
    Judgment -- Page 11 of 12 
  Rick McDuffie 
1:20-cr-296-JPB-
CMS-19 
$5,125.00 
CDC Small Business 
Finance 
  Ryan Whittley 
1:20-cr-296-JPB-
CMS-17 
$797,275.00 
CDC Small Business 
Finance; Small 
Business 
Administration/DFC 
  Charles Petty 
1:20-cr-296-JPB-
CMS-12 
$830,417.00 
Cross River Bank; 
Small Business 
Administration/DFC 
  Charmaine Redding 
1:21-cr-00178-JPB-1 
$1,101,993.91 
Harvest Small 
Business Finance; 
PNC Bank; Celtic 
Bank; State Farm 
Bank; Small Business 
Administration/DFC 
  Khalil Green 
1:20-cr-296-JPB-
CMS-3 
$830,000.00 
Cross River Bank; 
Small Business 
Administration/DFC 
  Jerry Baptiste 
1:20-cr-296-JPB-
CMS-13 
$830,417.00 
Cross River Bank; 
Small Business 
Administration/DFC 
  John Gaines 
1:20-cr-296-JPB-
CMS-11 
$806,710.00 
Cross River Bank; 
Small Business 
Administration/DFC 
  Andre Gaines 
1:21-cr-00206-JPB-1 
$806,710.00 
Cross River Bank; 
Small Business 
Administration/DFC 
  Carla Jackson 
1:20-cr-296-JPB-
CMS-5 
$335,238.22 
Cross River Bank; 
  Bern Benoit 
1:20-cr-296-JPB-
CMS-4 
$830,417.00 
Cross River Bank; 
Small Business 
Administration/DFC 
  Derek Parker 
1:20-cr-296-JPB-
CMS-14 
$818,101.00 
Harvest Small 
Business Finance;  
Small Business 
Administration/DFC 
  David Belgrave 
1:20-cr-296-JPB-
CMS-15 
$877,000.00 
Small Business 
Administration/DFC; 
Customers Bank 
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DEFENDANT:   DARRELL THOMAS 
CASE NUMBER:  1:20-CR-296-JPB-CMS-1 
    Judgment -- Page 12 of 12 

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: See Consent
Preliminary Order of Forfeiture entered on August 4, 2021 and Supplemental Consent Preliminary Order in
1:20-cr-296-JPB-1 entered on May 9, 2022 for more details.
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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