U.S. v. Lebnitz Tran

Case summary

U.S. v. Lebnitz Tran, Case No. 3:21-cr-269-WHO (N.D. Cal.), is a Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan prosecution of which three later filings are hosted. A joint stipulation and order filed April 29, 2022 continued the status conference to June 30, 2022 and excluded time under the Speedy Trial Act, stating that the United States had provided approximately 63,825 pages of discovery and that the parties were in discussions to attempt to resolve the case. The United States' application filed December 21, 2023, with the order granting it, asks the Court to confirm waiver of Tran's attorney-client privilege as to prior counsel Guyton Jinkerson and to direct Jinkerson and successors George Benetatos and Alex Park to produce discovery; it states that from April 2020 through July 2020 Tran orchestrated a scheme to defraud the PPP and EIDL program of millions of dollars, and the order finds the privilege waived by Tran's § 2255 motion alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. A writ of continuing garnishment filed March 4, 2026, with BAM Trading Services, Inc., DBA BINANCE.US, as garnishee, enforces a criminal judgment in the original amount of $1,719,433.00 with a balance of approximately $1,267,110.51 due as of January 26, 2026. The charging document, plea and judgment are not hosted. The hosted docket ends with the writ.