United States v. Andre Lee Gaines — U.S. District Court, N.D. Ga.

Case summary

Andre Lee Gaines was charged by criminal information on June 17, 2021 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, No. 1:21-cr-00206-JPB, and pleaded guilty the same day to count 1, making a false, fictitious and fraudulent statement and representation to a department or agency of the United States under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, with the offense ended August 6, 2020. Sentence was imposed October 5, 2021 and judgment entered October 8, 2021: five years' probation, a $100 special assessment and restitution of $806,710.00, with the fine and cost of incarceration waived. A final order and judgment of forfeiture followed on September 2, 2022. Probation was terminated early on July 17, 2025.

Case at a glance

Who receives the restitution?

The judgment ordered $806,710.00, split $782,508.70 to Cross River Bank and $24,201.30 to the U.S. Small Business Administration. On July 15, 2025 the court granted the government's motion to substitute the Small Business Administration/DFC, loan number 83008874001, as restitution payee in place of Cross River Bank, leaving all other terms unchanged.

What was forfeited?

A consent preliminary order of forfeiture was entered August 4, 2022 under 18 U.S.C. § 982(a)(3), forfeiting $177,828.46 in funds seized from a JPMorgan Chase account. The final order and judgment of forfeiture was entered September 2, 2022.

Why was probation terminated early?

On the defendant's motion, which the government and the probation officer did not oppose, the court considered 18 U.S.C. § 3564(c), the entire record and the relevant factors, found early termination appropriate and granted the motion on July 17, 2025.

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