Case docket
Tarik Jaafar PPP and EIDL case — U.S. District Court, E.D. Va.
United States v. Jaafar — 9 court filings in the archive from U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, filed between June 19, 2020 and November 18, 2020. Among them: 1 declaration, 1 criminal complaint and 1 plea agreement.
Related docket: United States v. Monika Magdalena Jaworska — 3 public filings from the same matter under a different docket; 1 document appears on both pages.
Case facts
| Court | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division |
|---|---|
| Filings | 9 public filings |
| Filed | 2020-06-19 – 2020-11-18 |
| Document types | declaration (1), criminal complaint (1), plea agreement (1), memorandum or brief (1), order (1), judgment (1) |
| Original PDFs | 9 of 9 |
Case summary
Tarik Jaafar was prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, No. 1:20-cr-185, over Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan applications. He agreed to waive indictment and plead guilty to a single-count criminal information charging conspiracy to defraud financial institutions and the United States under 18 U.S.C. § 371. The statement of facts records that between April 7, 2020 and June 20, 2020 he conspired with his wife, Monika Magdalena Jaworska, to commit bank fraud and to defraud the Small Business Administration, using four Virginia companies they had registered. The government's sentencing position asked for 24 months' imprisonment, three years of supervised release and restitution of $220,573. Sentencing was set for November 13, 2020 and judgment was entered November 18, 2020.
Case at a glance
| Defendant(s) | Tarik Jaafar; Monika Magdalena Jaworska named in the statement of facts as his wife and co-conspirator |
|---|---|
| Court and docket | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria, No. 1:20-cr-00185-CMH |
| District | Eastern District of Virginia prosecutions → |
| Program | Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) |
| Charges | Conspiracy to defraud financial institutions and to defraud the United States (18 U.S.C. § 371), single-count criminal information |
| Outcome and sentence | Pleaded guilty under a plea agreement filed August 25, 2020; judgment entered November 18, 2020 alongside a consent order of forfeiture and a restitution order of November 13, 2020. The judgment and restitution order PDFs on the page carry no extracted text, so the terms imposed are not recorded in the archived text |
| Counts of conviction | Pleaded guilty to count 1 of the criminal information, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and to defraud the United States, 18 U.S.C. § 371, felony, offense ended 06/20/2020; sentence pronounced November 13, 2020 (judgment signed November 18, 2020, p. 1) |
| Sentence imposed | 12 months' imprisonment (p. 2); two years of supervised release (p. 3) |
| Restitution | $220,573.00 pursuant to the restitution order of November 13, 2020; interest waived; due in full immediately (judgment, pp. 4-5). The restitution order makes the amount joint and several with co-defendant Monika Magdalena Jaworska (No. 1:20-cr-00180) and lists the victims: Sonabank $8,000; IncredibleBank $123,824.00; Harvest Small Business Finance $78,749.00; U.S. Small Business Administration $10,000, to be paid only after the other three are paid in full (restitution order of November 13, 2020, pp. 1, 3) |
| Fine and assessment | No fine ($0.00); special assessment $100.00 (judgment, p. 4) |
| Forfeiture | Judgment: "SEE Consent Order of Forfeiture entered by the Court on November 13, 2020" (p. 5). The consent order forfeits, under 18 U.S.C. § 982(a)(2)(A), approximately $182,136 in funds held in a Visla Capital, LLC account at United Bank, approximately $8,000 in funds held in a Global Capital Financing, LLC account at M&T Bank, and approximately $30,437 in U.S. currency found by the FBI on June 29, 2020 in the bags of the defendant and co-defendant Jaworska; a footnote states the remaining seized funds, $19,438.65, will be returned (consent order of November 13, 2020, pp. 1-2) |
| Status checked | 2026-09-23 · against DOJ press releases through 2026-09-22; court docket not yet read |
What did the government ask for at sentencing?
Twenty-four months' imprisonment, three years of supervised release, restitution of $220,573 and forfeiture of certain bank accounts and part of the cash seized at his arrest. The government put the advisory guidelines range at 24 to 30 months on a total offense level of 17.
What does the statement of facts describe?
A conspiracy running from about April 7, 2020 to about June 20, 2020 to obtain money from financial institutions through false PPP loan applications and from the Small Business Administration through false EIDL applications, using four companies registered in Virginia: Blue Pearl LLC, Global Capital Financing LLC, Washington Capital Group LLC and Vista Capital LLC.
How was the loss calculated?
The government's position states that the offense level included a 14-level increase for a loss of over $550,000 but less than $1,500,000, and that the government agreed to limit the loss to the amount disbursed by the lenders.
Summary written from the documents on this page; every sentence is sourced.
Filings
9 public filings from this case, in filing-date order.
- Affidavit in Support of Criminal Complaint — US v. JaafarDeclaration · PDF
- Criminal Complaint — US v. JaafarCriminal complaint · PDF
- Plea Agreement — US v. JaafarPlea agreement · PDF
- Statement of Facts — US v. JaafarMemorandum or brief · PDF
- Government’s Sentencing Position — U.S. v. Jaafar (E.D. Va.)PDF
- Defendant’s Sentencing Memorandum — U.S. v. Jaafar (E.D. Va.)PDF
- Consent Order of Forfeiture — US v. JaafarOrder · PDF
- Restitution Order — US v. JaafarPDF
- Judgment in a Criminal Case — US v. JaafarJudgment · PDF
Court, dates and docket numbers are as recorded on the filings.