Pandemic Darlings The pandemic economy, in original documents
Home Court filings INDICTMENT as to Anuli Okeke (1) count(s) 1, 2, 3, 4 — USA v. Okeke (Dkt. 12) INDICTMENT as to Anuli Okeke (1) count(s)… — INDICTMENT as to Anuli Okeke (1) count(s)…

Court filing

INDICTMENT as to Anuli Okeke (1) count(s)… — INDICTMENT as to Anuli Okeke (1) count(s) 1, 2, 3, 4 — USA v.… (Dkt. 12)

Filed January 12, 2022 in Docket NYED 474435, the only filing from this case in the archive.

Record facts

CourtU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Filed2022-01-12

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York · No. 1:22-cr-00020-FB · Doc. 12 · 2022-01-12 · Docket on CourtListener

Full text

DCP:CWE 
F. #2020R00955 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 
---------------------------X 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
- against -
ANULI OKEKE, 
Defendant. 
---------------------------X 
THE GRAND JURY CHARGES: 
COUNT ONE 
INDICTMENT 
Cr.No. -----------
(T. 18, U.S.C., §§ 982(a)(l ), 982(a)(2), 
982(b)(l), 1343, 1344, 1349, 1956(h), 2 
and 3551 etllil.; T. 21, U.S.C., § 853(p)) 
(Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and Bank Fraud) 
1. 
In or about and between March 2020 and August 2020, both dates being 
approximate and inclusive, within the Eastern District of New York and elsewhere, the defendant 
ANULI OKEKE, together with others, did knowingly and intentionally conspire to execute a 
scheme and artifice, to wit: 
(a) 
to defraud and to obtain money and property from Bank I, an 
entity the identity of which is known to the Grand Jury, which was a federally-insured financial 
institution, and the United States Small Business Administration by means of one or more 
materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations and promises, and to transmit and cause 
to be transmitted by means of wire communications in interstate commerce, writings, signs, 
signals, pictures and sounds, for the purpose of executing the scheme to defraud, contrary to Title 
18, United States Code, Section 1343; and 
1:22-cr-00020(CBA)(JRC)
Case 1:22-cr-00020-FB     Document 12     Filed 01/12/22     Page 1 of 6 PageID #: 28

(b) 
to defraud Bank 1, a financial institution, and to obtain money, 
funds, credits and other property owned by and under the custody and control of Bank 1, by 
means of one or more materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations and promises, 
contrary to Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344. 
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1349 and 3551 et seq.) 
COUNT TWO 
(Wire Fraud) 
2. 
In or about and between March 2020 and August 2020, both dates being 
2 
approximate and inclusive, within the Eastern District of New York and elsewhere, the defendant 
ANULI OKEKE, together with others, did knowingly and intentionally devise a scheme and 
artifice to defraud and to obtain money and property from Bank 1 and the United States Small 
Business Administration by means of one or more materially false and fraudulent pretenses, 
representations and promises, and for the purpose of executing and attempting to execute such 
scheme and artifice did transmit and cause to be transmitted, by means of wire communications 
in interstate commerce, writings, signs, signals, pictures and sounds, to wit: electronic 
submission of applications and supporting documentation. 
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343, 2 and 3551 et seq.) 
COUNT THREE 
(Bank Fraud) 
3. 
In or about and between March 2020 and August 2020, both dates being 
approximate and inclusive, within the Eastern District of New York and elsewhere, the defendant 
ANULI OKEKE, together with others, did knowingly and intentionally execute and attempt to 
execute a scheme and artifice to defraud Bank 1, the deposits of which were insured by the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and to obtain moneys, funds, credits and other property 
Case 1:22-cr-00020-FB     Document 12     Filed 01/12/22     Page 2 of 6 PageID #: 29

owned by, and under the custody and control of, Bank 1 by means of one or more materially 
false and fraudulent pretenses, representations and promises. 
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1344, 2 and 3551 et~-) 
COUNTFOUR 
(Money Laundering Conspiracy) 
4. 
In or about and between March 2020 and August 2020, both dates being 
3 
approximate and inclusive, within the Eastern District of New York and elsewhere, the defendant 
ANULI OKEKE, together with others, did knowingly and intentionally conspire to engage in 
one or more financial transactions in and affecting interstate commerce, to wit: deposits, 
withdrawals and transfers of funds and monetary instruments, in and affecting interstate and 
foreign commerce, by, though and to one or more financial institutions; in criminally derived 
property that was of a value greater than $10,000 and that was derived from specified unlawful 
activity, to wit: wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343, and bank 
fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344, contrary to Title 18, United 
States Code, Section l 957(a). 
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1956(h) and 3551 et seq.) 
CRIMINAL FORFEITURE ALLEGATIONS 
ASTOCOUNTSONETHROUGHTHREE 
5. 
The United States hereby gives notice to the defendant that, upon her 
conviction of any of the offenses charged in Counts One through Three, the government will 
seek forfeiture in accordance with Title 18, United States Code, Section 982(a)(2), which 
requires any person convicted of such offenses to forfeit any property constituting, or derived 
from, proceeds obtained directly or indirectly as a result of such offenses. 
Case 1:22-cr-00020-FB     Document 12     Filed 01/12/22     Page 3 of 6 PageID #: 30

4 
6. 
If any of the above-described forfeitable property, as a result of any act or 
omission of the defendant: 
(a) 
cannot be located upon the exercise of due diligence; 
(b) 
has been transferred or sold to, or deposited with, a third party; 
(c) 
has been placed beyond the jurisdiction of the court; 
(d) 
has been substantially diminished in value; or 
(e) 
has been commingled with other property which cannot be divided 
without difficulty; 
it is the intent of the United States, pursuant to Title 21 , United States Code, Section 853(p), as 
incorporated by Title 18, United States Code, Section 982(b )(1 ), to seek forfeiture of any other 
property of the defendant up to the value of the forfeitable property described in this forfeiture 
allegation. 
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 982(a)(2) and 982(b )(1 ); Title 21 , United 
States Code, Section 853(p )) 
CRIMINAL FORFEITURE ALLEGATION 
AS TO COUNT FOUR 
7. 
The United States hereby gives notice to the defendant that, upon her 
conviction of the offense charged in Count Four, the government will seek forfeiture in 
accordance with Title 18, United States Code, Section 982(a)(l), which requires any person 
convicted of such offense to forfeit any property, real or personal, involved in such offense, or 
any property traceable to such property. 
8. 
If any of the above-described forfeitable property, as a result of any act or 
omission of the defendant: 
(a) 
cannot be located upon the exercise of due diligence; 
Case 1:22-cr-00020-FB     Document 12     Filed 01/12/22     Page 4 of 6 PageID #: 31

5 
(b) 
has been transferred or sold to, or deposited with, a third party; 
(c) 
has been placed beyond the jurisdiction of the court; 
(d) 
has been substantially diminished in value; or 
(e) 
has been commingled with other property which cannot be divided 
without difficulty; 
it is the intent of the United States, pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(p), as 
incorporated by Title 18, United States Code, Section 982(b)(l), to seek forfeiture of any other 
property of the defendant up to the value of the forfeitable property described in this forfeiture 
allegation. 
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 982(a)(l) and 982(b)(l); Title 21, United 
States Code, Section 853(p)) 
B¥:ONPEACE I 
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 
JO EPH S. BEEMSTERBOER 
ACTING CHIEF 
CRIMINAL DIVISION, FRAUD SECTION 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
A TRUE BILL 
Case 1:22-cr-00020-FB     Document 12     Filed 01/12/22     Page 5 of 6 PageID #: 32

F.#:2020R00955 
FORM DBD-34 
JUN. 85 
No. 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
EASTERN District a/NEW YORK 
CRIMINAL DIVISION 
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
vs. 
ANULI OKEKE, 
INDICTMENT 
Defendant. 
(T 18, U.S.C., §§ 982(a)(I), 982(a)(2), 982(b)( l ), 1343, 1344, 1349, 1956(h), 2 
and 3551 filfilill.; T. 2 1, U.S.C., § 853(p)) 
Filed in open court this ____ _ _____ _ ______ day, 
of __ _ _________ A.D. 20 ___ _ _ 
Clerk 
Bail, $ _ ___ ______ _ 
Chand W. Edwards-Balfour, Assistant U.S. Attorney (718) 254-6238 and 
Michael McCarthy, Trial Attorney (202) 305-3995 
Case 1:22-cr-00020-FB     Document 12     Filed 01/12/22     Page 6 of 6 PageID #: 33

File and source

File
gov.uscourts.nyed.474435.12.0.pdf
Size
1,397,699 bytes
SHA-256
5efafbaa496196d3ef390b3d95a4ded5e1c91b8c819ec0b32c6299781a0938b5
Our copy
gov.uscourts.nyed.474435.12.0.pdf
Original
PACER (login required)
Back to top