N.D. W. Va. No. 1:26-cr-00016

Case summary

Kurt Sieu Ly pled guilty on July 27, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, No. 1:26-cr-00016, to Count One of a March 3, 2026 indictment charging wire fraud under Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343; the hosted documents do not state what the fraud concerned. The page carries the government's motion of August 6, 2026 for a preliminary order of forfeiture money judgment (Entry 40) and its proposed order (Entry 40, attachment 1), which note the plea agreement's stipulation that the offense proceeds were $197,866.00 and that the United States called that figure a typographical error for $197,766.00; Chief Judge Thomas S. Kleeh's order of August 14, 2026 (Entry 41) adopting Magistrate Judge Michael J. Aloi's report and recommendation, provisionally accepting the plea, deferring acceptance of the plea agreement until review of the presentence investigation report and scheduling the sentencing hearing for November 30, 2026; and the preliminary order of forfeiture of the same date (Entry 42) for $197,766.00, final as to the defendant at sentencing. The hosted docket ends with that order, with sentencing set for November 30, 2026.