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United States v. Mukund Mohan — U.S. District Court, W.D. Wash.

United States v. Mukund Mohan — U.S. District Court, W.D. Wash. — 20 documents in the archive, dated July 21, 2020 to October 26, 2023.

Also collected in: PPP Fraud Criminal — assorted filings from several criminal dockets

Case facts

CourtU.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (13 filings); U.S. District Court, W.D. Wash., Seattle (1 filing)
Docket numbersNo. 2:21-cr-00041 — main docket · CourtListener docket 296949
No. 2:20-mj-00451 (no document in the archive is numbered on it) — other docket filed with this case
Filings20 public filings
Filed2020-07-21 – 2023-10-26
Original PDFs20 of 20

Case summary

Mukund Mohan was charged by criminal complaint on July 21, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, later docketed as No. 2:21-cr-00041-JCC. The complaint describes Paycheck Protection Program loan applications submitted on behalf of Zuput Inc., Zigantic LLC, GitGrow Inc., Vangal Inc., Expect Success Inc. and Mahenjo Inc. Under a plea agreement filed March 15, 2021 Mohan agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343 and money laundering under 18 U.S.C. § 1957 as charged in the information. The government's sentencing memorandum states that he submitted eight PPP loan applications for six businesses seeking $5,533,182, of which six were approved for $1,786,537. Judgment was entered August 24, 2021. A corrected final order of forfeiture followed on February 25, 2022.

Case at a glance

Defendant(s)Mukund Mohan
Court and docketU.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, No. 2:21-cr-00041-JCC; complaint filed as No. 2:20-mj-00451-BAT
ProgramPaycheck Protection Program (PPP)
ChargesWire fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1343; money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1957
Outcome and sentenceAgreed under the plea agreement to plead guilty to both charges; judgment entered August 24, 2021. The judgment filed on this page carries no extracted text, so the term imposed is not stated here
Counts of convictionPleaded guilty to counts 1 and 2 of the information: wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1343, count 1; money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1957, count 2; offense ended June 2020 (judgment of August 24, 2021, p. 1)
Sentence imposedTwenty-four (24) months' imprisonment (p. 2); three (3) years of supervised release (p. 3)
Restitution$1,786,357: Peoples Bank $431,250; Live Oak Banking $394,000; Endeavor Bank $811,107; Bank of America $150,000; interest waived for fine and restitution (p. 6)
Fine and assessmentFine $100,000; special assessment $200 (p. 6)
ForfeitureFunds seized in July 2020 from accounts held in the names of the defendant's companies, listed at $4,500, $73,262.38, $129,295.46, $394,000, $431,250, $506,277 and $231,471; "See Preliminary Order of Forfeiture (Docket No. 58)" (pp. 7-8)
Status checked2026-09-23 · against DOJ press releases through 2026-09-22; court docket not yet read

How much did the applications seek?

The government's sentencing memorandum states that between April 26 and June 2, 2020 Mohan submitted applications for eight PPP loans for six different businesses seeking a total of $5,533,182, that six were approved, and that he received $1,786,537 in loan proceeds. On July 22, 2020 the government executed seizure warrants on bank accounts and seized $1,770,055.84.

What was forfeited?

The corrected final order of forfeiture of February 25, 2022 covers funds seized in July 2020 from accounts held in the names of Vangal, Inc. ($4,500), Zigantic, LLC ($73,262.38), Zuput, Inc. ($129,295.46), Expect Success, Inc. ($394,000) and Mahenjo, Inc. ($431,250), among others.

Who receives the restitution?

An order of August 5, 2022 substituted the U.S. Small Business Administration for the lenders Peoples Bank, Live Oak Banking and Endeavor Bank, and records the outstanding restitution owed to them as $403,172.83, $368,348.05 and $758,298.65 respectively.

Docket

20 documents in docket-entry order; attachments follow their entry. Gaps name the entries we do not have.

No. 2:21-cr-00041 — main docket

  1. ComplaintEntry 1
  2. —Entries 2–31 are not in the archive
  3. Criminal Information — U.S. v. MohanEntry 32 · CourtListener docket 296949
  4. —Entries 33–34 are not in the archive
  5. undatedORDER granting Parties' 33 Joint Motion to Proceed with Guilty Plea Videoconference as… — PPP Fraud Criminal (Dkt. 35)Entry 35 · CourtListener docket 296949
  6. Order permitting deposit of funds into court registry — U.S. v. Mohan (W.D. Wash.)Entry 36 · CourtListener docket 296949
  7. —Entries 37–40 are not in the archive
  8. Plea Agreement — U.S. v. MohanEntry 41 · CourtListener docket 296949
  9. —Entries 42–53 are not in the archive
  10. Defendant’s Sentencing Memorandum — U.S. v. Mohan (W.D. Wash.)Entry 54 · CourtListener docket 296949
  11. Government’s Sentencing Memorandum — U.S. v. Mohan (W.D. Wash.)Entry 55 · CourtListener docket 296949
  12. —Entries 56–57 are not in the archive
  13. Preliminary Order of Forfeiture — U.S. v. Mohan (W.D. Wash.)Entry 58 · CourtListener docket 296949
  14. Government’s Supplemental Sentencing Memorandum — U.S. v. MohanEntry 59 · CourtListener docket 296949
  15. Defense Reply Sentencing Memorandum — U.S. v. MohanEntry 60 · CourtListener docket 296949
  16. —Entry 61 is not in the archive
  17. Judgment in a Criminal Case — U.S. v. MohanEntry 62 · CourtListener docket 296949
  18. —Entries 63–64 are not in the archive
  19. undatedORDER granting Defendant's 64 Motion to Withdraw as Attorney as to Mukund Mohan.… — PPP Fraud Criminal (Dkt. 65)Entry 65 · CourtListener docket 296949
  20. —Entry 66 is not in the archive
  21. Order to disburse court registry funds — U.S. v. MohanEntry 67 · CourtListener docket 296949
  22. —Entries 68–69 are not in the archive
  23. Final Order of Forfeiture — U.S. v. MohanEntry 70 · CourtListener docket 296949
  24. —Entry 71 is not in the archive
  25. Corrected Final Order of Forfeiture — U.S. v. MohanEntry 72 · CourtListener docket 296949
  26. —Entries 73–74 are not in the archive
  27. Order Substituting U.S. Small Business Administration for Lenders — U.S. v. MohanEntry 75 · CourtListener docket 296949
  28. —Entries 76–79 are not in the archive
  29. OrderEntry 80
  30. —Entries 81–83 are not in the archive
  31. undatedOrder on Motion to Authorize Travel — United States v. Mukund Mohan (Western District of Washington)Entry 84 · CourtListener docket 296949

Documents without an entry number

  1. Criminal Complaint — U.S. v. Mohan · CourtListener docket 287690
  2. Appearance Bond (Pretrial Release) — U.S. v. Mohan (W.D. Wash.) · CourtListener docket 287690

More documents from this case’s dockets

1 more document linked to this case’s dockets is in the archive and not in the docket above.

  1. Complaint for Violations of Title 18, United States Code — United States v. Mohan (W.D. Wash., Document 1)Dkt. 1 · PDF

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