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United States v. Angelo Stephen — EIDL and PPP case, S.D. Fla., Miami

United States v. Stephen — 5 court filings in the archive from U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, filed between January 16, 2025 and May 22, 2025. Among them: 1 information, 1 plea agreement and 1 stipulation.

Case facts

CaptionUnited States v. Stephen
CourtU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Docket number1:25-cr-20014
Filings5 public filings
Filed2025-01-16 – 2025-05-22
Document typesinformation (1), plea agreement (1), stipulation (1), sentencing memorandum (1), judgment (1)
Original PDFs5 of 5

Case summary

This case page collects filings from the prosecution of Angelo Stephen in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Miami Division, No. 1:25-CR-20014-CMA. An information charging count one and forfeiture was filed January 16, 2025, citing 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 981(a)(1)(C) and 982(a)(2)(A). A plea agreement and a stipulated factual basis were filed March 4, 2025. The government's sentencing memorandum states that in August 2020 he obtained a $20,000 SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan and that he obtained two Paycheck Protection Program loans during 2021. The judgment entered May 22, 2025 records a plea of guilty to count one, wire fraud, with the offense ended July 2023, and sentences him to four months' imprisonment, three years of supervised release and restitution of $75,513.59.

Case at a glance

Defendant(s)Angelo Stephen
Court and docketU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Miami Division, No. 1:25-CR-20014-CMA
DistrictSouthern District of Florida prosecutions →
ProgramEconomic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
ChargesWire fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1343), count one, by information with a forfeiture count; the information also cites 18 U.S.C. §§ 981(a)(1)(C) and 982(a)(2)(A)
Outcome and sentencePleaded guilty to count one; sentenced May 22, 2025 to four months' imprisonment, three years of supervised release, $100 special assessment, restitution of $75,513.59
Status checked2026-09-23 · against the court docket and DOJ press releases through 2026-09-22

What was Angelo Stephen sentenced to?

Four months in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, with surrender to the United States Marshal for the district on May 22, 2025, followed by three years of supervised release.

How is the restitution ordered to be paid?

The judgment sets total restitution of $75,513.59 and directs that on a partial payment a victim identified by initials be paid first in the amount of $20,000, after which the remaining payees receive an approximately proportioned payment.

What does the government's memorandum describe?

Two types of COVID-19 relief fraud and two financial institution account takeovers: an August 2020 EIDL of $20,000 obtained on an application stating about $62,016 in gross revenues and 10 employees for 2019, and two 2021 PPP loans obtained on applications stating 2020 sole-proprietor business income of $106,554.

Summary written from the documents on this page; every sentence is sourced.

Filings

5 public filings from this case, in filing-date order.

  1. Information as to Angelo Stephen (1) count(s) 1 and Forfeiture. (ogn1) — United States v. Stephen (Dkt. 1, S.D. Fla. No. 1:25-cr-20014)Information · PDF
  2. Plea Agreement as to Angelo Stephen (ps1) — United States v. Stephen (Dkt. 14, S.D. Fla. No. 1:25-cr-20014)Plea agreement · PDF
  3. Stipulated Factual Basis as to Angelo Stephen (ps1) — United States v. Stephen (Dkt. 15, S.D. Fla. No. 1:25-cr-20014)Stipulation · PDF
  4. Sentencing Memorandum by USA as to Angelo Stephen — United States v. Stephen (Dkt. 24, S.D. Fla. No. 1:25-cr-20014)Sentencing memorandum · PDF
  5. Judgment as to Angelo Stephen (1) — United States v. Stephen (Dkt. 29, S.D. Fla. No. 1:25-cr-20014)Judgment · PDF

Court, dates and docket numbers are as recorded on the filings.

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