United States v. Jerel Andre Williams — U.S. District Court, E.D. Pa.

Case summary

Jerel Andre Williams was prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, No. 2:20-cr-00143-JMG. He was charged by information on March 20, 2020 and then by an eleven-count superseding indictment returned October 14, 2020: eight counts of mail fraud, one count of mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 3559(g), and two counts of filing a false tax return. A June 30, 2021 opinion records that the charges stem from an alleged multiyear scheme to obtain about 157 warranty replacement products from Cisco Systems, Inc. by submitting false warranty claims. On June 29, 2022 Williams pleaded guilty to counts seven, eight and ten. No judgment or sentence appears in the documents on this page.

Case at a glance

What was Williams charged with?

Eight counts of mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1341, one count of mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 3559(g), and two counts of filing a false tax return under 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1). The court's pretrial opinion states the charges stem from an alleged multiyear scheme to defraud Cisco Systems, Inc. of computer hardware.

What did he plead guilty to?

Counts seven, eight and ten of the superseding indictment, entered in open court on June 29, 2022. The government's guilty plea memorandum gives the total maximum sentence for those three counts as 43 years' imprisonment.

What did the court decide before the plea?

On June 30, 2021 the court denied Williams's motions for a bill of particulars and to compel production of grand jury materials, and granted in part his motion to compel production of Brady materials.