Complaint — No. 4:20-mj-01211 (Dkt. 1)

Summary

A sealed criminal complaint (AO 91) filed July 9, 2020 as Document 1 in United States v. Joshua Thomas Argires, Case No. 4:20mj1211, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, charging false statements to a financial institution under 18 U.S.C. § 1014, wire fraud, bank fraud and prohibited monetary transactions under 18 U.S.C. § 1957 from April 2020. The affidavit of U.S. Postal Inspector Kyle Shadowens, sworn before Magistrate Judge Dena Hanovice Palermo, alleges Argires submitted two false PPP applications, for Texas Barbecue, LLC and Houston Landscaping, LLC, claiming employees and payroll that neither entity had. It states Texas Barbecue claimed 51 employees and an average monthly payroll of $382,500, received a $956,600 loan, and moved $956,250 to a Coinbase account in five wire transfers. The affidavit puts the total obtained at over $1.1 million.

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