Exhibit Declaration of Bryan Piper in Support of Forfeiture of Substitute Assets — USA v. Gonder (Dkt. 18-1, S.D. Fla.)

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A Declaration of Bryan Piper in Support of Forfeiture of Substitute Assets, filed March 14, 2024 as Document 18-1 in United States v. Ernest Bernard Gonder Jr., Case No. 0:24-cr-60003-KMW, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The declarant states that Bryan Piper is a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation assigned to a Public Corruption Squad in Miami, and has been a Special Agent since 2004. The declaration is made in support of the United States' Motion for Order of Forfeiture of Substitute Assets. It states the declarant's conclusion that directly forfeitable property cannot be located upon the exercise of due diligence or has been transferred, placed beyond the jurisdiction of the court, diminished in value or commingled.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO. O:24-CR-60003- WILLIAMS
Defendant.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
v.
ERNEST BERNARD GONDER JR.,
DECLARATION
OF BRYAN PIPER
IN SUPPORT OF FORFEITURE
OF SUBSTITUTE
ASSETS
I, Bryan Piper, under penalty of perjury, declare:
1.
I am Special Agent Bryan Piper with the Federal Bureau of Investigation
("FBI")
and have been so since 2004. I am currently assigned to a Public Corruption Squad in Miami where
I conduct
investigations
involving
bribery,
Paycheck
Protection
Program
(PPP)
loan fraud,
Economic Injury and Disaster Loan (EIDL) fraud, election crimes, and money laundering.
2.
The information contained in this declaration is based upon my personal knowledge
and my review of documents and records gathered during the course of this investigation, as well
as information
obtained,
directly
or indirectly,
from
other
sources
and
agents,
including
information provided to me by other agents who are involved in the investigation.
I make this
sworn declaration in support of the United States' Motion for Order of Forfeiture of Substitute
Assets.
Because this declaration is being submitted for a limited purpose, it does not include all
of the facts that I have learned during the course of the investigation.
3.
In the course of the investigation
law enforcement
reviewed
financial records,
queried available databases, and conducted due diligence to locate forfeitable property traceable
I
Case 0:24-cr-60003-KMW   Document 18-1   Entered on FLSD Docket 03/14/2024   Page 1 of 2

to the count of conviction
in this case. After investigating
the Defendant's
assets, it is the
conclusion
of the declarant that due to the Defendant's
acts or omissions,
directly forfeitable
property either cannot be located upon the exercise of due diligence; has been transferred or sold
to, or deposited with, a third party; has been placed beyond the jurisdiction
of the court; has been
substantially diminished in value; or has been commingled so proceeds cannot be divided without
difficulty.
Dated on fJ1c. rcL /eI- t"-
,2024, in Miami, Florida
B;:£r~-
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS
2
Case 0:24-cr-60003-KMW   Document 18-1   Entered on FLSD Docket 03/14/2024   Page 2 of 2

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