Complaint — No. 2:20-mj-09393 (Dkt. 3, D. Ariz.)

Summary

A criminal complaint against Dale Lawrence Hipes, Case 2:20-mj-09393-ESW, filed December 11, 2020 as Document 3 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, sworn by telephone before United States Magistrate Judge Eileen S. Willett. Count 1 charges wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343 over a wire on or about May 26, 2020 of $15,670,000.00 to a BRI Supply, Inc. account, and Count 2 charges a monetary transaction under 18 U.S.C. § 1957 of approximately $1,986,338.04 on or about June 29, 2020. FBI Special Agent Troy Cofer's probable cause statement alleges that Hipes, CEO of BRI Supply, represented he was a 3M authorized distributor who could deliver nine million masks for the State of Texas, and that approximately $16.65 million was wired. It alleges no masks were delivered, approximately $4.65 million was not returned, and funds went toward a residence and a Winnebago trailer.

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