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Judgment in a Criminal Case — U.S. v. Blotnick (D.N.J.)
Filed June 7, 2022 in U.S. v. Blotnick; one of 14 filings from this case.
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| Court | U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey |
|---|---|
| Filed | 2022-06-07 |
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · No. 2:21-cr-00796-BRM · Doc. 27 · 2022-06-07 · Docket on CourtListener
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AO 245B (Mod. D/NJ 12/06) Sheet 1 - Judgment in a Criminal Case
33401
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
District of New Jersey
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
v.
GREGORY J. BLOTNICK
Defendant.
CASE NUMBER 2:21-CR-00796-BRM-1
JUDGMENT IN A CRIMINAL CASE
(For Offenses Committed On or After November 1, 1987)
The defendant, GREGORY J. BLOTNICK, was represented by ADAM S. KAUFMANN.
The defendant pleaded guilty to counts 1 and 2 of the INFORMATION on 10/13/2021. Accordingly, the court has
adjudicated that the defendant is guilty of the following offense(s):
Title & Section
Nature of Offense
Count
Number(s)
18:1343
Fraud by wire, radio, or television
1
18:1957
Money Laundering
Date of Offense
04/2020 - 03/2021
05/13/2020
2
As pronounced on June 07, 2022, the defendant is sentenced as provided in pages 2 through 8 of this judgment.
The sentence is imposed pursuant to the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984.
It is ordered that the defendant must pay to the United States a special assessment of $200 for counts 1 and 2,
which shall be due immediately. Said special assessment shall be made payable to the Clerk, U.S. District Court.
It is further ordered that the defendant must notify the United States Attorney for this district within 30 days of any
change of name, residence, or mailing address until all fines, restitution, costs and special assessments imposed by this
judgment are fully paid. If ordered to pay restitution, the defendant must notify the court and United States attorney of any
material change in economic circumstances.
Signed this 7TH day of June, 2022.
___________________________
Brian R. Martinotti
U.S. District Judge
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AO 245B (Mod. D/NJ 12/06) Sheet 2 - Imprisonment
Judgment - Page 2 of 8
Defendant: GREGORY J. BLOTNICK
Case Number: 2:21-CR-00796-BRM-1
IMPRISONMENT
The defendant is hereby committed to the custody of the United States Bureau of Prisons to be imprisoned for a
term of 51 months, on each of Counts 1 and 2, to run concurrent.
The Court makes the following recommendations to the Bureau of Prisons:
•
FCI Danbury, CT or a facility for service close to defendant's family/home address
•
RDAP
The defendant will surrender for service of sentence at the institution designated by the Bureau of Prisons on a date
to be set by the Bureau of Prisons but no sooner than 08/15/2022.
RETURN
I have executed this Judgment as follows:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Defendant delivered on To ________________________________________
At , with a certified copy of this Judgment.
__________________________
United States Marshal
By _________________________
Deputy Marshal
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AO 245B (Mod. D/NJ 12/06) Sheet 3 - Supervised Release
Judgment - Page 3 of 8
Defendant: GREGORY J. BLOTNICK
Case Number: 2:21-CR-00796-BRM-1
SUPERVISED RELEASE
Upon release from imprisonment, you will be on supervised release for a term of 2 years, on each of Counts 1 and
2, to run concurrent.
Within 72 hours of release from custody of the Bureau of Prisons, you must report in person to the Probation Office
in the district to which you are released.
While on supervised release, you must not commit another federal, state, or local crime, must refrain from any
unlawful use of a controlled substance and must comply with the mandatory and standard conditions that have been adopted
by this court as set forth below.
You must submit to one drug test within 15 days of commencement of supervised release and at least two tests
thereafter as determined by the probation officer.
You must cooperate in the collection of DNA as directed by the probation officer
If this judgment imposes a fine, special assessment, costs, or restitution obligation, it is a condition of supervised
release that you pay any such fine, assessments, costs, and restitution that remains unpaid at the commencement of the
term of supervised release.
You must comply with the following special conditions:
ALCOHOL/DRUG TESTING AND TREATMENT
You must refrain from the illegal possession and use of drugs, including prescription medication not prescribed in
your name, and the use of alcohol, and must submit to urinalysis or other forms of testing to ensure compliance. It
is further ordered that you must submit to evaluation and treatment, on an outpatient or inpatient basis, as approved
by the U.S. Probation Office. You must abide by the rules of any program and must remain in treatment until
satisfactorily discharged by the Court. You must alert all medical professionals of any prior substance abuse history,
including any prior history of prescription drug abuse. The U.S. Probation Office will supervise your compliance with
this condition.
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
Upon request, you must provide the U.S. Probation Office with full disclosure of your financial records, including co-
mingled income, expenses, assets and liabilities, to include yearly income tax returns. With the exception of the
financial accounts reported and noted within the presentence report, you are prohibited from maintaining and/or
opening any additional individual and/or joint checking, savings, or other financial accounts, for either personal or
business purposes, without the knowledge and approval of the U.S. Probation Office. You must cooperate with the
U.S. Probation Officer in the investigation of your financial dealings and must provide truthful monthly statements
of your income. You must cooperate in the signing of any authorization to release information forms permitting the
U.S. Probation Office access to your financial records.
MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT
You must undergo treatment in a mental health program approved by the U.S. Probation Office until discharged by
the Court. As necessary, said treatment may also encompass treatment for gambling, domestic violence and/or
anger management, or sex offense-specific treatment, as approved by the U.S. Probation Office, until discharged
by the Court. The U.S. Probation Office will supervise your compliance with this condition.
NEW DEBT RESTRICTIONS
You are prohibited from incurring any new credit charges, opening additional lines of credit, or incurring any new
monetary loan, obligation, or debt, by whatever name known, without the approval of the U.S. Probation Office. You
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AO 245B (Mod. D/NJ 12/06) Sheet 3 - Supervised Release
Judgment - Page 4 of 8
Defendant: GREGORY J. BLOTNICK
Case Number: 2:21-CR-00796-BRM-1
must not encumber or liquidate interest in any assets unless it is in direct service of the fine and/or restitution
obligation or otherwise has the expressed approval of the Court.
SELF-EMPLOYMENT/BUSINESS DISCLOSURE
You must cooperate with the U.S. Probation Office in the investigation and approval of any position of self-
employment, including any independent, entrepreneurial, or freelance employment or business activity. If approved
for self-employment, you must provide the U.S. Probation Office with full disclosure of your self-employment and
other business records, including, but not limited to, all of the records identified in the Probation Form 48F (Request
for Self Employment Records), or as otherwise requested by the U.S. Probation Office.
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AO 245B (Mod. D/NJ 12/06) Sheet 3a - Supervised Release
Judgment - Page 5 of 8
Defendant: GREGORY J. BLOTNICK
Case Number: 2:21-CR-00796-BRM-1
STANDARD CONDITIONS OF SUPERVISION
As part of your supervised release, you must comply with the following standard conditions of supervision. These conditions
are imposed because they establish the basic expectations for your behavior while on supervision and identify the minimum
tools needed by probation officers to keep informed, report to the court about, and bring about improvements in your conduct
and condition.
1) You must report to the probation office in the federal judicial district where you are authorized to reside within 72 hours
of your release from imprisonment, unless the probation officer instructs you to report to a different probation office or
within a different time frame.
2) After initially reporting to the probation office, you will receive instructions from the court or the probation officer about
how and when you must report to the probation officer, and you must report to the probation officer as instructed.
3) You must not knowingly leave the federal judicial district where you are authorized to reside without first getting
permission from the court or the probation officer.
4) You must answer truthfully the questions asked by your probation officer.
5) You must live at a place approved by the probation officer. If you plan to change where you live or anything about your
living arrangements (such as the people you live with), you must notify the probation officer at least 10 days before the
change. If notifying the probation officer in advance is not possible due to unanticipated circumstances, you must notify
the probation officer within 72 hours of becoming aware of a change or expected change.
6) You must allow the probation officer to visit you at any time at your home or elsewhere, and you must permit the
probation officer to take any items prohibited by the conditions of your supervision that he or she observes in plain
view.
7) You must work full time (at least 30 hours per week) at a lawful type of employment, unless the probation officer
excuses you from doing so. If you do not have fulltime employment you must try to find full-time employment, unless
the probation officer excuses you from doing so. If you plan to change where you work or anything about your work
(such as your position or your job responsibilities), you must notify the probation officer at least 10 days before the
change. If notifying the probation officer at least 10 days in advance is not possible due to unanticipated
circumstances, you must notify the probation officer within 72 hours of becoming aware of a change or expected
change.
8) You must not communicate or interact with someone you know is engaged in criminal activity. If you know someone
has been convicted of a felony, you must not knowingly communicate or interact with that person without first getting
the permission of the probation officer.
9) If you are arrested or questioned by a law enforcement officer, you must notify the probation officer within 72 hours.
10) You must not own, possess, or have access to a firearm, ammunition, destructive device, or dangerous weapon (i.e..
anything that was designed, or was modified for, the specific purpose of causing bodily injury or death to another
person such as nunchakus or tasers).
11) You must not act or make any agreement with a law enforcement agency to act as a confidential human source or
informant without first getting the permission of the court.
12) If the probation officer determines that you pose a risk to another person (including an organization), the probation
officer may require you to notify the person about the risk and you must comply with that instruction. The probation
officer may contact the person and confirm that you have notified the person about the risk.
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AO 245B (Mod. D/NJ 12/06) Sheet 3a - Supervised Release
Judgment - Page 6 of 8
Defendant: GREGORY J. BLOTNICK
Case Number: 2:21-CR-00796-BRM-1
STANDARD CONDITIONS OF SUPERVISION
13) You must follow the instructions of the probation officer related to the conditions of supervision.
For Official Use Only - - - U.S. Probation Office
Upon a finding of a violation of probation or supervised release, I understand that the Court may (1) revoke supervision
or (2) extend the term of supervision and/or modify the conditions of supervision.
These conditions have been read to me. I fully understand the conditions, and have been provided a copy of them.
You shall carry out all rules, in addition to the above, as prescribed by the Chief U.S. Probation Officer, or any of his
associate Probation Officers.
(Signed)_____________________________________________________________________
Defendant
Date
_____________________________________________________________________
U.S. Probation Officer/Designated Witness
Date
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AO 245B (Mod. D/NJ 12/06) Sheet 6 - Restitution and Forfeiture
Judgment - Page 7 of 8
Defendant: GREGORY J. BLOTNICK
Case Number: 2:21-CR-00796-BRM-1
RESTITUTION AND FORFEITURE
RESTITUTION
The defendant shall make restitution in the amount of $4,577,631.00. The Court will waive the interest requirement
in this case. Payments should be made payable to the U.S. Treasury and mailed to Clerk, U.S.D.C., 402 East State Street,
Rm 2020, Trenton, New Jersey 08608, for proportionate distribution to the following victims in the following amounts:
Name of Payee (Victim)
Amount of Restitution
SEE ATTACHED LIST
SEE ATTACHED LIST
The restitution is due immediately. It is recommended that the defendant participate in the Bureau of Prisons Inmate
Financial Responsibility Program (IFRP). If the defendant participates in the IFRP, the restitution shall be paid from those
funds at a rate equivalent to $25 every 3 months. In the event the entire restitution is not paid prior to the commencement
of supervision, the defendant shall satisfy the amount due in monthly installments of no less than $500.00, to commence
30 days after release from confinement.
Unless the court has expressly ordered otherwise, if this judgment imposes imprisonment, payment of criminal
monetary penalties is due during imprisonment. All criminal monetary penalties, except those payments made through the
Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Inmate Financial Responsibility Program, are made to the clerk of the court.
Payments shall be applied in the following order: (1) assessment, (2) restitution principal, (3) restitution interest, (4)
AVAA assessment, (5) fine principal, (6) fine interest, (7) community restitution, (8) JVTA assessment, (9) penalties, and
(10) costs, including cost of prosecution and court costs.
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AO 245B (Mod. D/NJ 12/06) Sheet 6 - Restitution and Forfeiture
Judgment - Page 8 of 8
Defendant: GREGORY J. BLOTNICK
Case Number: 2:21-CR-00796-BRM-1
RESTITUTION AND FORFEITURE
FORFEITURE
The defendant is ordered to forfeit the following property to the United States:
$4,577,631.00 in United States currency
Unless the court has expressly ordered otherwise, if this judgment imposes imprisonment, payment of criminal
monetary penalties is due during imprisonment. All criminal monetary penalties, except those payments made through the
Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Inmate Financial Responsibility Program, are made to the clerk of the court.
Payments shall be applied in the following order: (1) assessment, (2) restitution principal, (3) restitution interest, (4)
AVAA assessment, (5) fine principal, (6) fine interest, (7) community restitution, (8) JVTA assessment, (9) penalties, and
(10) costs, including cost of prosecution and court costs.
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Victim Lender
Restitution Owed
Ponce Bank
Corporate Headquarters
2244 Westchester Avenue
Bronx, New York 10462
$482,197
American Express Company
200 Vesey Street
New York, NY 10285-0402
$817,487
Mid Penn Bank
2148 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
$237,100
WebBank-PayPal
215 S. State Street, Suite 1000
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
$895,517
Northeast Bank - Loan Source
Incorporated
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02117
$455,800
Titan Bank, National Association
3100 Monticello Ave., Ste 400
Dallas, TX 75205
$145,330
Customers Bank-Ready Capital
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
101 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10178-0060
$666,100
TransPecos Banks, SSB
112 E. Pecan Street, Suite 800
San Antonio, TX 78205
$387,100
Cross River Bank
400 Kelby Street
Fort Lee, NJ 07024
$491,000
TOTAL
$4,577,631
US. v. GREGORY BLOTNICK
2:21-796-BRM .
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