U.S. v. Deon Petty

Case summary

U.S. v. Deon Petty, Case 2:20-cr-00199-BHL (E.D. Wis.), is a Paycheck Protection Program prosecution. The one hosted filing is the plea agreement filed November 2, 2020 as Document 4, in which Petty, represented by attorney Jeffrey Purnell, agrees to waive indictment and plead guilty to a one-count information charging conspiracy under Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, which carries up to five years and $250,000. The parties agree to a base offense level of six, a 10-level increase for a loss exceeding $150,000 and a 2-level increase for sophisticated means, and Petty agrees to cooperate. The factual basis states that Petty falsely told Bank 1 that Rebels had 17 employees, sent Bank 1 a false employee list on or about June 9, 2020, and repeated the 17-employee claim to FBI agents on or about July 7, 2020. No information, plea hearing record or judgment is hosted. The hosted docket ends with the plea agreement.