Case docket
United States v. Haviland et al. — U.S. District Court, C.D. Cal.
United States v. Haviland et al. — 2 court filings in the archive, mostly from U.S. District Court, C.D. Cal. (filed NVD 2:25-mj-00883-NJK as magistrate complaint transfer), filed between August 7, 2024 and October 2, 2024.
Case facts
| Court | U.S. District Court, C.D. Cal. (filed NVD 2:25-mj-00883-NJK as magistrate complaint transfer) (1 filing); U.S. District Court, E.D.N.C. (transferred from CACD 2:24-CR-00570) (1 filing) |
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| Filings | 2 public filings |
| Filed | 2024-08-07 – 2024-10-02 |
| Original PDFs | 2 of 2 |
Case summary
United States v. Haviland et al., No. 2:24-cr-00570 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, is a 255-page indictment returned by the October 2023 grand jury against Claire Patricia Haviland and more than fifty other named defendants. Count one charges racketeering conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d) in relation to an organization the indictment calls the SFV enterprise. Count three charges conspiracy to commit bank fraud and sets out the Paycheck Protection Program, with overt acts describing $20,833 PPP loans obtained by named defendants and later forgiveness payments from the Small Business Administration. Counts four through ten charge bank fraud in a scheme concerning California Employment Development Department unemployment insurance and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. The case is pending as of October 2, 2024; the charges are allegations.
Case at a glance
| Defendant(s) | Claire Patricia Haviland and more than fifty co-defendants named in the caption, including Brian Glenn Ekelund, John Michael Reed, Colin Nicholas Slack, Sean Craig Gluckman, Henisi Utsler, Amanda Joy Ravin and Joi Ungamrung |
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| Court and docket | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, No. 2:24-CR-00570-WLH; copies filed as magistrate transfers in D. Nev., No. 2:25-mj-00883-NJK, and E.D.N.C., No. 5:24-mj-02285-JG |
| Program | Paycheck Protection Program (PPP); California Employment Development Department unemployment insurance, including Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) |
| Charges | Racketeering conspiracy (18 U.S.C. § 1962(d)), count one; conspiracy to distribute controlled substances (21 U.S.C. § 846); conspiracy to commit bank fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1349), count three; bank fraud (18 U.S.C. §§ 1344(2), 2(a)), counts four through ten; aggravated identity theft (18 U.S.C. § 1028A); firearms, controlled substance and access device counts listed on the caption |
| Outcome and sentence | No plea, verdict or judgment is on this page. Both filings are copies of the same indictment, one attached to a magistrate complaint for the transfer of a defendant |
| Status checked | 2026-09-23 · against DOJ press releases through 2026-09-22; court docket not yet read |
How does pandemic relief enter this indictment?
Through count three, whose object is conspiracy to commit bank fraud and which sets out the Paycheck Protection Program created by the CARES Act, and through counts four through ten, which set out California Employment Development Department unemployment insurance and the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program created by the same Act.
What do the PPP overt acts allege?
That named defendants obtained $20,833 PPP loans, applied to the Small Business Administration for forgiveness while certifying compliance with the program rules, and in two instances received forgiveness payments in November 2021 and March 2022, and that one defendant received and ignored repayment notices from a third-party lender between December 2022 and July 2023.
What do the two filings on this page contain?
The same 255-page indictment. One page carries it as filed in the District of Nevada as a magistrate complaint transfer, the other as attached to a magistrate complaint in the Eastern District of North Carolina for the transfer of defendant Joi Ungamrung.
Summary written from the documents on this page; every sentence is sourced.
Filings
2 public filings from this case, in filing-date order.
Court, dates and docket numbers are as recorded on the filings.