United States v. Bobby Joe Jackson Jr. — PPP and unemployment case, C.D. Cal.

Case summary

This case page collects filings from the prosecution of Bobby Joe Jackson Jr. in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, No. CR 23-00210-DSF. A criminal complaint filed April 11, 2023 charged conspiracy to commit bank fraud under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1344 and 1349 and aggravated identity theft under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A. A motion to suppress evidence was filed April 4, 2024 and the government's opposition on April 11, 2024. A plea agreement filed July 17, 2024 records his agreement to plead guilty to count one of the indictment. The judgment and probation/commitment order entered October 21, 2024 convicts him of conspiracy to commit bank fraud on count one and commits him to the Bureau of Prisons for 105 months, with five years of supervised release and restitution of $677,151.60.

Case at a glance

What does the plea agreement's factual basis say?

That beginning in 2020 and continuing through July 28, 2022 Jackson submitted false applications for PPP loans for himself and some co-conspirators with fictitious income statements, and that in April 2021 Capital Plus Financial funded two of those loans, each for $20,832.

What does the criminal complaint describe?

Acquiring the personal identifying information of others and using it to apply for unemployment benefits, with debit cards mailed by Bank of America at the direction of the California Employment Development Department to addresses the defendant controlled, and using the same information to apply for CARES Act relief loans.

How is the restitution to be paid?

$677,151.60 in total, due immediately, with any unpaid balance payable during imprisonment at not less than $25 per quarter through the Bureau of Prisons' Inmate Financial Responsibility Program, and nominal monthly payments of at least 10 percent of gross monthly income, or $100, during supervised release.

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