Complaint — No. 2:25-cr-00729 (Dkt. 1, C.D. Cal.)

Summary

A criminal complaint (AO 91) filed July 18, 2025 as Document 1 in United States v. Justin Konikow, Case No. 2:25-MJ-04469-DUTY (now 2:25-cr-00729-SPG), in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, charging wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343 between April 1, 2020 and February 18, 2022. It is signed by Robert Knight, Special Agent with the SBA Office of Inspector General, and attested by telephone before Magistrate Judge A. Joel Richlin. The affidavit alleges that Economic Injury Disaster Loan applications for Trendsetters LLC denied any criminal conviction although Konikow had pleaded guilty in January 2020 to mail fraud against the EDD in Case No. 2:19-cr-00605-JAK. It states the SBA approved the loan and three modifications for $89,000, $270,000, $183,300 and $262,700, at least $804,700 in total.

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