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Anthony Zaghab EIDL and PPP case — U.S. District Court, D. Colo.

United States v. Anthony Zaghab — 8 court filings in the archive from U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, filed between June 8, 2021 and January 30, 2026. Among them: 2 orders, 1 information and 1 plea agreement.

See also: United States v. Anthony Zaghab — U.S. District Court, District of Colorado — the same docket (docket No. 1:21-cr-00188) under another case page, 19 public filings. Full docket →

Case facts

CourtU.S. District Court, District of Colorado
Filings8 public filings
Filed2021-06-08 – 2026-01-30
Document typesorders (2), information (1), plea agreement (1), response or reply (1), judgment (1), motion (1)
Original PDFs8 of 8

Case summary

Anthony Zaghab was prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, No. 1:21-cr-00188-RBJ. He pleaded guilty to count one of an information charging wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343, with the offense ending February 6, 2021. The government's response to his sentencing memorandum states that he submitted ten fraudulent Economic Injury Disaster Loan applications, receiving five EIDL loans totaling $517,300 and $31,000 in Economic Injury Disaster Grants, that further declined applications still produced $35,000 in grants, and that four fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program applications produced $83,330. Sentence was imposed December 15, 2021: 30 months' imprisonment, three years of supervised release, a $100 assessment and restitution of $708,141.00. A forfeiture order of October 12, 2021 entered a personal money judgment of $588,071.00.

Case at a glance

Defendant(s)Anthony Zaghab
Court and docketU.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, No. 1:21-cr-00188-RBJ
ProgramEconomic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and Economic Injury Disaster Grant (EIDG); Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
ChargesWire fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1343), count one of the information, offense ended February 6, 2021
Outcome and sentencePleaded guilty; sentence imposed December 15, 2021 of 30 months' imprisonment, three years of supervised release, $100 assessment, restitution of $708,141.00 and no fine; judgment entered December 16, 2021; forfeiture money judgment of $588,071.00 entered October 12, 2021
Status checked2026-09-23 · against the court docket and DOJ press releases through 2026-09-22

Who receives the restitution?

Cross River Bank, $41,664.00; SBA/DFC in Denver, $583,300.00; and SBA (PPP) in Denver, $41,666.00, among payees listed in the judgment, which totals $708,141.00 in restitution ordered pursuant to the plea agreement.

What did the government ask for?

Thirty-three months in prison, consistent with the plea agreement. The probation department recommended 24 months and the defendant asked for a variant sentence of 24 months of home confinement.

Was his supervised release terminated early?

He moved on December 2, 2025 to terminate supervised release after completing 29 of 36 months. The court's order of January 30, 2026 is titled "Order Regarding Early Termination of Supervised Release"; its extracted text carries both the grant and the denial line, and does not show which was marked.

Summary written from the documents on this page; every sentence is sourced.

Filings

8 public filings from this case, in filing-date order.

  1. Information — United States v. Anthony ZaghabInformation · PDF
  2. Plea Agreement — United States v. Anthony Zaghab (D. Colo.)Plea agreement · PDF
  3. Preliminary Order of Forfeiture for a Personal Money Judgment and Specific Assets — United States v. Anthony Zaghab (D. Colo.)Order · PDF
  4. United States' Motion for Preliminary Order of Forfeiture — United States v. Anthony Zaghab (D. Colo.)PDF
  5. Government's Response to Sentencing Memorandum of Defendant and Request for Variant Sentence — United States v. Anthony Zaghab (D. Colo.)Response or reply · PDF
  6. Judgment in a Criminal Case — United States v. Anthony ZaghabJudgment · PDF
  7. Motion to Terminate Supervised Release After Completion of Twenty-Nine Months of Thirty-Six Months Supervision — United States v. Anthony Zaghab (D. Colo.)Motion · PDF
  8. Order Regarding Early Termination of Supervised Release — United States v. Anthony Zaghab (D. Colo.)Order · PDF

Court, dates and docket numbers are as recorded on the filings.

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