Complaint — USA v. Sandu (Dkt. 1, S.D. Cal.)

Summary

A criminal complaint filed March 2, 2023 as Document 1 in United States v. Constantin Sandu, aka Bobi Sandu, aka Ionut Mihai, Magistrate Case No. 23MJ0697-AHG (3:23-cr-00386-LAB), in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Count 1 charges conspiracy to commit wire fraud under Title 18, U.S.C. § 1349 and 1343 from in or about September 2020 to in or about August 2022, with criminal forfeiture. The probable cause statement of FBI Special Agent Scott Brady, attested before Magistrate Judge Allison H. Goddard, alleges Sandu facilitated a conspiracy to obtain California EDD unemployment benefits by fraud, and that ID.me device fingerprints linked applications to devices used by Sandu. It concludes that Sandu conspired with 214 known persons and others, with a total loss of no less than $5,207,687.00.

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