Case docket
Donna J. Clark wire fraud case — U.S. District Court, E.D. Tenn.
United States v. Donna J. Clark — 10 court filings in the archive from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, filed between August 5, 2021 and June 17, 2022. Among them: 3 orders, 2 plea agreements and 1 indictment.
See also: USA v. Clark — U.S. District Court, E.D. Tenn., at Chattanooga — the same docket (docket No. 1:21-cr-00069) under another case page, 28 public filings. Full docket →
Case facts
| Court | U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee |
|---|---|
| Filings | 10 public filings (3 undated) |
| Filed | 2021-08-05 – 2022-06-17 |
| Document types | orders (3), plea agreements (2), indictment (1), notice (1), judgment (1) |
| Original PDFs | 10 of 10 |
Case summary
Donna J. Clark was prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga, No. 1:21-cr-69, on an indictment filed August 6, 2021 charging wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343 in count one, with other counts. Under an amended plea agreement filed December 22, 2021 she pleaded guilty on January 19, 2022 to count one, and the United States agreed to dismiss counts two and three. In the statement of facts she described agreeing to receive money from people who could not send it directly to men she had been in contact with, depositing cash at a Bitcoin ATM and buying Steam and Green Dot cards, keeping between $20 and about $200. The court sentenced her to time served followed by three years of supervised release, and entered judgment on June 2, 2022.
Case at a glance
| Parties | United States v. Donna J. Clark |
|---|---|
| Court and docket | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Chattanooga, No. 1:21-cr-00069-CEA-CHS |
| Program | No pandemic relief program is named in the filings on this page; the charge is wire fraud arising from a money-transfer scheme |
| Charges | Wire fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1343), count one; counts two and three dismissed under the amended plea agreement |
| Outcome and sentence | Pleaded guilty January 19, 2022; sentenced to time served and three years of supervised release, judgment entered June 2, 2022; money judgment of $110,125.50 ordered June 1, 2022; supervised release terminated early by a later order |
| Counts of conviction | Pleaded guilty to count one of the indictment, wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1343, offense concluded 07/19/2021; all remaining counts dismissed on motion of the United States (judgment of June 2, 2022, p. 1) |
| Sentence imposed | Time served as to count one (p. 2); three years of supervised release (p. 3) |
| Restitution | $110,125.50: Fora Financial Business Loans, LLC $39,292.50; Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC $20,833.00; PayPal $50,000; interest waived (p. 6) |
| Fine and assessment | Fine $.00; special assessment $100.00 (p. 6); lump sum of $110,225.50 due immediately (p. 7) |
| Forfeiture | "As directed by the Agreed Preliminary Order of Forfeiture (Document 24)" (p. 7) |
| Status checked | 2026-09-23 · against DOJ press releases through 2026-09-22; court docket not yet read |
What was forfeited?
An agreed preliminary order of forfeiture entered January 25, 2022 condemned $460.00 in currency seized from Clark's residence on July 19, 2021, a $20,000.00 BB&T official check payable to her, and funds up to $53,038.13 in a BB&T account. A separate order of June 1, 2022 entered a money judgment of $110,125.50, and a final order of forfeiture followed on June 17, 2022.
What happened to the supervised release?
The court recorded that it had sentenced Clark to time served followed by three years of supervised release, due to expire June 1, 2025, and that she wrote to the court on November 7, 2024 asking for early termination. The page carries the order granting early termination.
Which relief program does the page connect this case to?
None. The filings on this page do not mention the Paycheck Protection Program, Economic Injury Disaster Loans, unemployment benefits, the CARES Act or the Small Business Administration.
Summary written from the documents on this page; every sentence is sourced.
Filings
10 public filings from this case, in filing-date order; undated filings are listed last.
- Indictment — U.S. v. ClarkIndictment · PDF
- Amended Plea Agreement — U.S. v. ClarkPlea agreement · PDF
- Agreed Preliminary Order of Forfeiture — U.S. v. ClarkPDF
- Notice of Forfeiture — U.S. v. ClarkNotice · PDF
- Order of Forfeiture for Money Judgment — U.S. v. ClarkOrder · PDF
- Judgment — U.S. v. ClarkJudgment · PDF
- Final Order of Forfeiture — U.S. v. ClarkOrder · PDF
- undatedPlea Agreement — U.S. v. ClarkPlea agreement · PDF
- undatedAddendum to Amended Plea Agreement — U.S. v. Clark (E.D. Tenn.)PDF
- undatedOrder Granting Early Termination of Supervised ReleaseOrder · PDF
Court, dates and docket numbers are as recorded on the filings.