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Witness List by USA as to Eric Dean Sheppard — USA v. SHEPPARD (Dkt. 131)

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Court	U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Filed	2023-11-17

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida · No. 1:22-cr-20290-BB · Doc. 131 · 2023-11-17 · Docket on CourtListener

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The government's second amended witness list in United States v. Eric Dean Sheppard, No. 1:22-cr-20290-BB, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, filed November 17, 2023 as Doc. 131. It lists 26 numbered witnesses the government anticipates calling in its case in chief, most identified only by initials. Listed witnesses include representatives of Truist Bank, PayPal, Cross River Bank, Northeast Bank and AT&T, and personnel of the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service and the Florida Department of Revenue. The list requests leave to add witnesses based on availability, whether the defendant testifies and any rebuttal case. It is three pages, signed by Assistant United States Attorney Aimee C. Jimenez, and states that an unredacted copy is being provided to defense counsel.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

CASE NO. 22-20290-CR-BLOOM(s)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

ERIC DEAN SHEPPARD,

Defendant.
__________________________________________________/

GOVERNMENT=S SECOND AMENDED WITNESS LIST

The United States hereby files this second amended witness list. The United States requests
leave to add additional witnesses based on their availability, whether or not the defendant will
testify, and whether the government will present a rebuttal case. At trial, the government
anticipates calling the following witnesses in its case in chief:

1.
M. A.

2.
E. B.

3.
H. B.

4.
M. B.

5.
M. C., Truist Bank

6.
N. C., CPA

7.
Juliet Falcon, Auditor, U.S. Attorney’s Office

8.
J. G.

9.
J. G.

10.
C. G.

11.
Althea Harris, U.S. Small Business Administration
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12.
J.H., PayPal

13.
Lavderim Hysa, Federal Bureau of Investigation

14.
S. L., Cross River Bank

15.
Brent Motes, U.S. Small Business Administration

16.
Tamara Och, Florida Department of Revenue

17.
N. P., Nationwide Lending Direct

18.
Philip Palmer, Internal Revenue Service

19.
J. R., Breezeline

20.
M. S.

21.
S. S.

22.
D. T., Northeast Bank

23.
I. Z., ACAP SME

24.
A. Z., CPA

25.
M.H., Custodian of Records for AT&T

26.
Custodian of Records for entities listed on Notice of Intent to Seek Admission of
Self-Authenticating Records (DE 76).

Respectfully submitted,

MARKENZY LAPOINTE

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

By: s/Aimee Jimenez___________

Aimee C. Jimenez

Assistant United States Attorney

Court No. A5500795

99 Northeast 4th Street

Miami, Florida 33132-2111

Tel: (305) 961-9028

Email: aimee.jimenez@usdoj.gov
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on November 17, 2023, I electronically filed the foregoing

document with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF. An unredacted copy of this witness list is

being provided to the defendant’s counsel via electronic mail.

s/Aimee Jimenez____________