Daniel Joseph Tisone COVID relief fraud case — U.S. District Court, M.D. Fla.

Case summary

Daniel Joseph Tisone was prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Fort Myers Division, No. 2:22-cr-39-SPC-NPM. A grand jury charged him with wire fraud, bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, illegal monetary transactions and possession of ammunition by a felon, and he pleaded guilty on January 25, 2023 to counts 2, 8, 14 and 18. A government filing describes the crimes as Paycheck Protection Program, Economic Injury Disaster Loan and Main Street Lending Program fraud. On February 21, 2023 the court granted a government motion under U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1 and sentenced him to 87 months' imprisonment on each of those counts concurrently, three years of supervised release, a $400 assessment, restitution and forfeiture, with fines waived. The Eleventh Circuit dismissed his appeal on the appeal waiver.

Case at a glance

How was the guideline range reached?

The court adopted the presentence report's calculation of 108 to 135 months, then granted the government's § 5K1.1 motion for a two-level reduction for cooperation, producing a range of 87 to 108 months, and imposed 87 months.

What happened on appeal?

The Eleventh Circuit granted the government's motion to dismiss the appeal under the appeal waiver in Tisone's plea agreement, in a per curiam decision filed November 15, 2023.

What was forfeited?

A preliminary order of forfeiture entered December 30, 2022 forfeited assets including approximately $64,813.43 seized from a Bank of Clarke County account. The sentencing minutes record restitution ordered with the amounts and payees to be supplied by the government, interest waived.

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