Case docket
United States v. Daniel Dadoun — U.S. District Court, D.N.J.
United States v. Daniel Dadoun — 13 court filings in the archive from U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, filed between September 18, 2024 and February 27, 2026. Among them: 2 memoranda or briefs, 2 judgments and 1 motion.
See also: United States v. Daniel Dadoun — D.N.J., Trenton, No. 3:25-cr-00215-RK — the same docket (docket No. 3:25-cr-00215) under another case page, 8 public filings. Full docket →
Case facts
| Court | U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey |
|---|---|
| Filings | 13 public filings |
| Filed | 2024-09-18 – 2026-02-27 |
| Document types | memoranda or briefs (2), judgments (2), motion (1), response or reply (3), information (1), letter (1) |
| Original PDFs | 13 of 13 |
Case summary
Daniel Dadoun was charged by criminal complaint on November 9, 2023 with four counts of bank fraud and two counts of money laundering, in a matter later docketed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey as No. 3:25-cr-00215-RK. The government's letter brief states that the charges concerned a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program of over $3.2 million in federal COVID-19 emergency relief funds through false loan and forgiveness applications, and that he was arrested at JFK Airport on or about November 12, 2023. On April 8, 2025 he pleaded guilty to a two-count information charging bank fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1344 and money laundering under 18 U.S.C. § 1957. A consent money judgment of $2,125,000 was entered the same day; judgment followed on September 22, 2025.
Case at a glance
| Defendant(s) | Daniel Dadoun |
|---|---|
| Court and docket | U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, No. 3:25-cr-00215-RK |
| Program | Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) |
| Charges | Bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1344 (count 1); money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1957 (count 2), of the information |
| Outcome and sentence | Pleaded guilty April 8, 2025; consent judgment and order of forfeiture (money judgment) of $2,125,000 entered April 8, 2025; judgment of September 22, 2025 ordering a $200 special assessment and restitution of $3,239,773.43 with interest waived. The judgment filed on this page carries no extracted text, so the term of imprisonment is not stated here |
| Counts of conviction | Pleaded guilty on 4/8/2025 to counts 1 and 2 of the information: bank fraud, 18:1344, from in or around April 2020 through in or around September 2021, count 1; money laundering, 18:1957, on or about April 23, 2020, count 2; sentence pronounced September 16, 2025 (judgment signed September 22, 2025, p. 1) |
| Sentence imposed | 41 months' imprisonment on each of counts one and two, concurrent (p. 2); three years of supervised release on each count, concurrent (p. 3) |
| Restitution | $3,239,773.43, interest waived: Small Business Administration $2,976,903.84; TD Bank $262,869.59; due immediately and to be paid in full by 3/16/2027 (p. 7) |
| Fine and assessment | Special assessment $200.00 for counts 1 and 2, due immediately (p. 1) |
| Forfeiture | "Consistent with the Consent Judgment and Order of Forfeiture (Money Judgment) entered April 8, 2025": all property constituting or derived from proceeds traceable to count 1 and all property involved in or traceable to the count 2 money laundering offense, the defendant having acknowledged that the United States is entitled to forfeit proceeds and/or substitute assets equal to the value of the forfeitable property, $2,125,000.00 (judgment, p. 8; consent judgment of April 8, 2025, p. 1) |
| Status checked | 2026-09-23 · against DOJ press releases through 2026-09-22; court docket not yet read |
What was the money judgment?
$2,125,000. In the plea agreement Dadoun agreed to forfeit property constituting or derived from proceeds traceable to the bank fraud count and all property involved in or traceable to the money laundering count, acknowledged that the value of that property was $2,125,000, and agreed that the United States is entitled to forfeit substitute assets up to that amount under 21 U.S.C. § 853(p).
What does he owe?
A letter motion of February 27, 2026 records that the September 22, 2025 judgment ordered a $200.00 special assessment and restitution, with interest waived, for a combined debt of $3,239,973.43, and asks the court to turn over approximately $1,706.85 held in his Bureau of Prisons inmate trust account against that debt.
What did the government seek before sentencing?
Its letter brief of April 3, 2025 stated that, following entry of the plea, the United States would move for detention pending sentencing under 18 U.S.C. § 3143.
Summary written from the documents on this page; every sentence is sourced.
Filings
13 public filings from this case, in filing-date order.
- Memorandum of Law Supporting Pretrial Release — United States v. Daniel Dadoun (D.N.J.)Memorandum or brief · PDF
- Memorandum of Law in Support of Pretrial Release — United States v. Daniel Dadoun (D.N.J.)Memorandum or brief · PDF
- Motion to Modify Release Conditions — United States v. Daniel Dadoun (D.N.J.)Motion · PDF
- Government's Opposition to Motion for Modification of Bail Conditions — United States v. Daniel Dadoun (D.N.J.)Response or reply · PDF
- Government Opposition to Motion for Modification of Bail Conditions — United States v. Daniel Dadoun (D.N.J.)PDF
- Government's Letter Brief Seeking Detention Pending Sentencing — United States v. Daniel Dadoun (D.N.J.)PDF
- Government Letter Brief Supporting Detention Pending Sentencing — United States v. Daniel Dadoun (D.N.J.)PDF
- Defendant's Reply and Opposition to Motion for Detention Pending SentencingResponse or reply · PDF
- Defendant's Opposition to Detention Pending SentencingResponse or reply · PDF
- Criminal Information — United States v. Daniel DadounInformation · PDF
- Consent Judgment and Order of Forfeiture (Money Judgment) — United States v. Daniel Dadoun (D.N.J.)Judgment · PDF
- Judgment — United States v. Daniel DadounJudgment · PDF
- Letter Motion for Turnover Order — United States v. Daniel DadounLetter · PDF
Court, dates and docket numbers are as recorded on the filings.