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Email Re: Allison Baver Entertainment PPP Loan — No. 2:21-cr-00520 (Dkt. 39-4, D. Utah)

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An email chain filed July 26, 2022 as Document 39-4 in Case 2:21-cr-00520 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, under the subject line "Allison Baver Entertainment PPP Loan." On Friday, April 24, 2020, Rocco Perate of Meridian asks for a driver's license, entity documents, a completed calculator with support documents, the business formation date and funding instructions, and asks that a bank account be opened at the bank. A reply from Carl says the requests are reasonable and copies Allison. Allison Baver later responds with a link to documents.

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Filed July 26, 2022 in Allison Marie Baver; one of 66 filings from this case.

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Court	U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
Filed	2022-07-26

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“Email Re: Allison Baver Entertainment PPP Loan — No. 2:21-cr-00520 (Dkt. 39-4, D. Utah).” U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, No. 2:21-cr-00520, Doc. 39-4, filed 2022-07-26. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/court-filings/us-v-allison-marie-baver/2022-07-26-exhibit-4-to-dkt-39/, SHA-256 5bd11aad043d8bd99f8110b50d97e0866470306305dc25c8abfa81292d1fc316.

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Case 2:21-cr-00520-JNP Document 39-4 Filed 07/26/22 PageID.272 Page 1 of 4

From:               earl Krueue
To:                 Rocco Perate
cc:                 Nick Patel;
Subject:            Re: [EXTERNAL] Fwd: Allison Baver Entertainment PPP Loan
Date:               Friday, April 24, 2020 8:55:20 PM
Attachments:        imaaeoo1.ong

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Rocco,

All your requests are reasonable. I copied Allison so she can respond and provide the info.

Thank you. Carl

On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 5:55 PM Rocco Perate <rperate@meridianbanker.com> wrote:

  Carl - we will need her driver's license, entity docs, the attached calculator completed with all
  support docs, date business was formed and funding instructions, We generally want a bank
  account opened at our bank to deposit the PPP funds into, will that he an issue?

  Warm regards,

  Rocco P. Perate

  Senior Vice President

  Small Business Administration Lending I Meridian Bank

  1760 Market Street. Suite 704

  Philadelphia. PA 19103

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  e: rperate@meridianbanker.com

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                                                                                                      INT-AB-01-00012

Case 2:21-cr-00520-JNP Document 39-4 Filed 07/26/22 PageID.273 Page 2 of 4

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 From: Carl Kruelle <chkruelle@gmail.com>
 Sent: Friday, April 24, 2020 4:49 PM
 To: Rocco Perate <rperate@meridianbanker.com>
 Subject: [EXTERNAL] Fwd: Allison Baver Entertainment PPP Loan

 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open
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 Hi Rocco.

 Long time no chat; I hope you're well!

 I'm writing you as Allison Baver Entertainment is seeking a PPP loan for up to $10mm.
 Allison, copied on this email, is a fonner short track Olympian and has taken that drive, as
 well as acting and marketing talent, to the next stage in her career. She has a TV show
 (America's Angels -- like Shark Tank but with a focus on women-owned businesses) with
 distribution rights in place as well as two movies with distribution as well. She's been
 informed by the SBA that her fim1 qualifies which also seems to be borne out by SBA PPP
 web site criteria. However, she's not confident the local Utah bank(s) she's approached
 would approve in a timely manner and other banks are unsure of SBA guidance as related to
 her Covid-19 impact.

 Please see Allison's email below and advise if someone within the SBA can confirm that
 Allison's company qualifies for a SBA loan. By the way, she was born and raised in
 Southeastern PA (Reading); so a great local story!

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Case 2:21-cr-00520-JNP Document 39-4 Filed 07/26/22 PageID.274 Page 3 of 4

 Thank you. Carl

 ---------- Forwarded message ---------
 From: Allison Baver                           >
 Date: Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 1:46 PM
 Subject: Allison Baver Entertainment PPP Loan
 To: Carl Kruelle <chkrue11e@gmail.com>

 Hello Carl,

 Allison Baver Entertainment is eligible for PPP loan as a new business established in Oct.
 2019 and from what folks at the SBA have told me is to work with a banks to qualify the
 loan using different applicable time period for the payroll, which in my case would be the
 months disabled due to Covid-19.

 Right now most banks are only accepting existing customers and the ones I have spoken
 with require the past 12 months or Jan./Feb. 2020 payroll, which does not apply to my new
 entertainment company because of the timeline, I had only paid an attorney for the projects
 in operations. You see, we had a TV show and two films scheduled to start production in
 Spring 2020 and these projects employ 430 people with the PPP loan amount of $8.3M.
 One of the projects is a TV that we received a distribution offer from A+ E Network to air
 the show Q4 this year! The show is called America's Angels and helps women driven
 business, employs 80 people and will have a substantial impact for women in closing the
 socioeconomic gap.

 I did speak to one bank who said if I can have someone qualified at the SBA confirm that
 the bank is allowed to qualify the loan for new business based on the COVID-19 losses
 during the months for the projects and hires scheduled for this applicable time period, they
 will approve the loan immediately. Do you know anyone who can please assist and provide
 that confirmation?

 I have included my Good Faith Statement and Table of Contents of the business and payroll
 documents found at below downloadable link.

                                                                                          INT-AB-01-00014

Case 2:21-cr-00520-JNP Document 39-4 Filed 07/26/22 PageID.275 Page 4 of 4

 Allison Baver Entertainment PPP Loan Package:

 https://drive,google.com/drive/folders/lwNNdx 50ZjtfSzfxK3YribK6GA VuK6n?
 usp=sharing

 If you have any questions, please contact me at       or by email.

 Thank you!

 Allison Baver

                                                                             INT-AB-01-00015

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