Complaint — No. 2:21-cr-00007 (Dkt. 1, C.D. Cal.)

Summary

A criminal complaint with supporting affidavit against Raymond Magana and Steven R. Goldstein, Case No. 2:20-mj-05181-DUTY, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, dated October 27, 2020 and filed as Document 1 in No. 2:21-cr-00007-SB. It cites 18 U.S.C. §§ 1001, 1040, 1343, 1344, 1349, and 1957 and 15 U.S.C. § 545 for conduct from in or about April 2020 to in or about June 2020. The affidavit of IRS-CI Special Agent Sahil Idnani states that the defendants applied for more than five PPP loans totaling more than $2,500,000, of which more than $1,950,000 was issued, and that one application claimed payroll expenses of more than $4,500,000 per year. It states that IRS and California EDD records for the entities used in the applications do not report having any employees, and it also supports warrants to search two locations.

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