Case docket
United States v. Mukund Mohan — U.S. District Court, W.D. Wash.
United States v. Mukund Mohan — 15 court filings in the archive, mostly from U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, filed between July 21, 2020 and August 5, 2022. Among them: 5 orders, 2 sentencing memoranda and 1 criminal complaint.
See also: United States v. Mohan — the same docket under another case page, 1 public filing; 1 of the documents appear on both pages.
Case facts
| Court | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (13 filings); U.S. District Court, W.D. Wash., Seattle (1 filing) |
|---|---|
| Filings | 15 public filings |
| Filed | 2020-07-21 – 2022-08-05 |
| Document types | orders (5), sentencing memoranda (2), criminal complaint (1), information (1), plea agreement (1), judgment (1) |
| Original PDFs | 15 of 15 |
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 docket | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, No. 2:21-cr-00041-JCC; complaint filed as No. 2:20-mj-00451-BAT |
| Program | Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) |
| Charges | Wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1343; money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1957 |
| Outcome and sentence | Agreed 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 conviction | Pleaded 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 imposed | Twenty-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 assessment | Fine $100,000; special assessment $200 (p. 6) |
| Forfeiture | Funds 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 checked | 2026-09-23 · 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.
Summary written from the documents on this page; every sentence is sourced.
Filings
15 public filings from this case, in filing-date order.
- Criminal Complaint — U.S. v. MohanCriminal complaint · PDF
- Appearance Bond (Pretrial Release) — U.S. v. Mohan (W.D. Wash.)PDF
- Criminal Information — U.S. v. MohanInformation · PDF
- Order permitting deposit of funds into court registryOrder · PDF
- Plea Agreement — U.S. v. MohanPlea agreement · PDF
- Defendant’s Sentencing Memorandum — U.S. v. Mohan (W.D. Wash.)Sentencing memorandum · PDF
- Government’s Sentencing Memorandum — U.S. v. Mohan (W.D. Wash.)PDF
- Preliminary Order of Forfeiture — U.S. v. Mohan (W.D. Wash.)Order · PDF
- Government’s Supplemental Sentencing Memorandum — U.S. v. MohanSentencing memorandum · PDF
- Defense Reply Sentencing Memorandum — U.S. v. MohanPDF
- Judgment in a Criminal Case — U.S. v. MohanJudgment · PDF
- Order to disburse court registry funds — U.S. v. MohanOrder · PDF
- Final Order of Forfeiture — U.S. v. MohanOrder · PDF
- Corrected Final Order of Forfeiture — U.S. v. MohanPDF
- Order Substituting U.S. Small Business Administration for…Order · PDF
Court, dates and docket numbers are as recorded on the filings.