United States v. Monika Magdalena Jaworska — U.S. District Court, E.D. Va.

Case summary

Monika Magdalena Jaworska was prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, No. 1:20-cr-00180-CMH. A criminal complaint was filed on June 19, 2020 against Jaworska and Tarik Jaafar. In a plea agreement dated September 3, 2020 she agreed to waive indictment and plead guilty to a single-count criminal information charging conspiracy to defraud financial institutions and to defraud the United States under 18 U.S.C. § 371. The accompanying statement of facts records that from about April 7 to June 20, 2020 she and Jaafar submitted eighteen Paycheck Protection Program applications seeking $6,640,200, of which four loans totalling $1,438,500 were disbursed, and also targeted the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program. No judgment is on this page.

Case at a glance

What did Jaworska agree to plead guilty to?

A single-count criminal information charging conspiracy to defraud various financial institutions and conspiracy to defraud the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, carrying a maximum of five years' imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, full restitution, forfeiture and up to three years of supervised release.

How much was sought and disbursed?

The statement of facts records eighteen PPP loan applications seeking a total of $6,640,200, fourteen signed by Jaworska and four by Jaafar, and four loans from three lenders disbursed totalling $1,438,500. The plea agreement states the victims are entitled to at least $1,448,500 in restitution, with the total to be determined at sentencing.

What was agreed to be forfeited?

All interests in fraud-related assets, listed in the plea agreement as including $30,000 seized at John F. Kennedy Airport and funds held in accounts of Visla Capital LLC, Washington Capital Group LLC and Global Capital Financing LLC, together with a monetary judgment.

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