Indictment — United States v. Anna Marie Omar

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U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia · No. 1:24-cr-00036 · Doc. 4 · 2024-02-21 · Docket on CourtListener

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE-—
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CHARLESTON GRAND JURY 2022 ;
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18 U.S.C. § 1014
18 U.S.C. § 1956(a) (1) (B) (i)
18 U.S.C. § 1957
ANNA MARIE OMAR
INDICTMENT
The Grand Jury Charges:
COUNT ONE
1. On or about April 30, 2021, at or near Bluefield, Mercer

County, West Virginia, within the Southern District of West
Virginia and elsewhere, defendant ANNA MARIE OMAR knowingly made
a false statement and report for the purpose of influencing the
action of a mortgage lending business, as defined in 18 U.S.C. §
27, in connection with a Small Business Administration Paycheck
Protection Plan loan application, in that defendant ANNA MARIE
OMAR made the following false statements and reports:

i. she owned a business named “Anna Omar;”

ii. her business had been in existence since January

2010;

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her business address was 205 Alder Street,
Bluefield, West Virginia 24701;

for Tax Year 2020, her business's gross income was
$152,000;

she was the only employee of the business;

the purpose of the loan was to cover “payroll
costs;”

her business was in operation on February 15, 2020;
and

the information provided in the application and the
information provided in all supporting documents
and forms was true and accurate in all material

respects.

In truth and fact, as defendant ANNA MARIE OMAR knew, she did not

own a business named “Anna Omar,” and she did not have $152,000 in

gross income for Tax Year 2020.

In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1014.

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COUNT TWO

2. On or about May 18, 2021, at or near Bluefield, Mercer
County, West Virginia, within the Southern District of West
Virginia and elsewhere, defendant ANNA MARIE OMAR did knowingly
conduct and attempt to conduct a financial transaction affecting
interstate and foreign commerce, to wit, defendant ANNA MARIE OMAR
transferred $9,000 in United States currency from one financial
account to another, which involved the proceeds of a specified
unlawful activity, that is knowingly making a false statement and
report to a mortgage lending business for the purpose of
influencing the action of the mortgage lending business in
violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1014, knowing that the transaction was
designed in whole or in part to conceal and disguise the nature,
location, source, ownership, and control of the proceeds of said
specified unlawful | activity and that while conducting and
attempting to conduct such financial transaction defendant ANNA
MARIE OMAR knew that the property involved in the financial
transaction represented the proceeds of some form of unlawful
activity.

In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section

1956(a) (1) (B) (i).
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COUNT THREE

3. On or about May 18, 2021, at or near Bluefield, Mercer
County, West Virginia, within the Southern District of West
Virginia and elsewhere, defendant ANNA MARIE OMAR did knowingly
engage and attempt to engage in a monetary transaction by, through,
or to a financial institution, affecting interstate or foreign
commerce, in criminally derived property of a value greater than
$10,000, that is a transfer of $12,216.70 in United States
currency, and which in fact was derived from specified unlawful
activity, that is knowingly making a false statement and report to
a mortgage lending business for the purpose of influencing the
action of the mortgage lending business in violation of 18 U.S.C.
§ 1014.

In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1957.

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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

1. The allegations contained in Paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 above
are realleged and incorporated by reference as though set forth
fully herein for the purpose of alleging forfeiture to the United
States of America pursuant to the provisions of 18 U.S.c. §§
982(a) (1), 982(a) (2).

2. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 982(a) (1), 982(a) (2), 28
U.S.C. § 2461(c), and Rule 32.2 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure
and premised on the conviction of the offenses alleged in this
Indictment in violation of 18 U.S.c. § 1014, 18 U.S.C. §
1956 (a) (1) (B) (i), and 18 U.S. C. § 1957, defendant ANNA MARIE OMAR
shall forfeit to the United States any and all property, real or
personal, derived from proceeds of the violations above, and any
and all property involved in such violations or traceable to
property involved in such violations. The property to be forfeited
includes, but is not limited to, the following:

a.a forfeiture money judgment in the amount of at least
$23,410.60, such amount constituting the proceeds of
violations set forth in this Indictment.

3. If, any property described in paragraphs 1 and 2, as a
result of any act or omission of the defendant:

b. cannot be located upon the exercise of due

diligence;

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Gs. has been transferred or sold to, or deposited with,
a third party;

a. has been placed beyond the jurisdiction of the

court;
e. has been substantially diminished in value;
£ or has been commingled with other property which

cannot be divided without difficulty,
the United States of America shall be entitled to forfeiture of
substitute property pursuant to Title 21, United States Code,
Section 853(p), as incorporated by Title 18, United States Code,
Section 982(b)(1) and Title 28, United States Code, Section

2461 (c.)

WILLIAM S. TH
United Stat

By:

THAN T. STORAGE
ssistant United States Attorney

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