Plea Agreement (S.D. Fla., Dkt. 61)
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This is a plea agreement between the United States Attorney's Office and a defendant in No. 0:21-cr-60119. The defendant agrees to plead guilty to Count 1, charged under Title 18, Section 1349, and Count 7, Money Laundering, and the Office agrees to dismiss Counts 2, 6, 8, and 10 after sentencing. It states maximum terms of up to thirty (30) years for Count 1 and up to ten (10) years for Count 7, a special assessment of $100 per Count, and forfeiture and restitution. The parties agree to jointly recommend a loss greater than $250,000 and not more than $550,000, a twelve (12) level enhancement, and a sentence concurrent with another case. The defendant waives most appeal rights.
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UNITED STA TE S DISTR ICT C OU RT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLURIDA
CASENO.ZI-6OII9-CR-SMITIW ALLE
UNITED jTATESOF AM ERICA
VS.
R OBERTO G ER O NEW O,
Defendant.
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PLEA AG REEM EN T
TheUnitedStatesAttolmey'sOfficefortheSouthel'nDistrictofFlorida(tthisOffice''land
RobertoGçronimo(hereinafterreferredtoasthettdefendanf')enterintothefolloFingagreement:
The defendantagrees to plead guilty to Count 1 of$he indictm ent,which chargesthe
defendantw ith Con&piiaqy to Com m itBank and W ire Fraud,in violation ofTitle 18,U nited States .
Code, Section 1349; and Count 7 of the indictm ent, which charges the defçndant with M oney
Laundering,in violation ofTitle 18,'
United StatesCode,Section 1957(a).This0ffice agfeesto
dism iss Counts2,6,8,and 10 asto thisdefendantaftersentencing.
The befendant is aware that the sentence will be imposed by the Court after
considering the advisory Federal Sentencing Guidelines and Policy Statements (hereinafter
ldsentencingGuideliney'?).ThedefendantacktlowledgesandunderstandsthattheCourtwillcompute
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an advisory sentence under the Sentencing Guidelines and that the applicab
,le guidelines w illbe
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determ ined by the Courtrelying in pal4 on the resultsofa pre-sentence invsstigation by the Court's
probation office,which investigation w ill com m ence after the guilty plea has been entered.The
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defendantis also awareJthat, under certain circum stances,the Courtm ay departfrom the advisory
sentencing guidelinerangethqtithascomputed,and m ay raise orlow erthatadvisory sentenceunder'
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the Sentencing Guidelines.The defendantisfurtheraw are and understandsthàtthe Courtisrequired
to considertheadvisory guidelinerangedeterm ined undertheSentencing Guidelines,butisnotbound
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to ilkposea sentencew ithin thatadvisory range;the Courtisperm itted to tailorthe ultim ate sentence
in lightof otherstatutory concerns,and such sentence m ay be.
eitherm ore severe or lessseverethan
the'Sentencing Guidelines'advisory '
, range.'Knowing these facts,the defendantundefstands and
acknowledgesthatthe Courthastheauthorityto ihp oseany sentencewithin andup tothestatutory
m axim um authorized by 1aw forthe offense identified in paragraph 1 and thatthedefehdantm ay not
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withdraw thepleasolelyasaresuttofthesentenceimposed.
The defendantalso understands and acknow ledgesthatupon a conviction forCount1,
theCourtmayimposeastatutorymaximum term ofimprisonmentofuptothirty(30)years,followed
by a term of supervised release ofup to five (5)years.The defehdantalso.understands and
acknow ledgesthatupon a conviction forCount7,the Cotlrtm ay im pose a statutory m axim um term
ofimprisonmentofuptoten (10)years,followedby atenu ofsupervisedreleaseofuptothree(3)
years. The defendant further understands and acknow ledges that these sentences m ay be run .
consecutively by the Court.ln addition to a term ofim prisonm entand supervised release,the Court
may imposeafineofup to$1,000,000ortwicethegrossgainorgrosslossresultingfrom theoffense,
reStitution:and crim inalforfeiture.
The defendantfurtherunderstandsand acknow ledgesthat,in addition to any sentence.
imposedunderyaragraph 3ofthisagreement,aspecialassessmentintheam ountof$100perCount,
foratotalof$200,willbeimposedonthedefendant.Thedefendantagreesthatan'yspecialassessment
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im posed shallbepaid atthetim e ofsentencipg.lfadefendantistinancially unableto pay the special
assessm ent,the defendant agrees to present evidence to this Office and the Court at the tim e of
sentencing asto thereasonsforthe defendant': failureto pay.
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ThisOfficereservesiherighttoinform theCourtandtheprobationofficeofallfacts
pertinent to the sentencing process, including a11 relevant infonnation concerning the offenses
com m itted, whether charged or not, as w ell as concerning the 'defendant and the defendant's
background.Subjectonly to the expresstermsofany agreed-upon yentencing recommendations
contained inthisagreement,thisOfticefurtherreservestherightto makeany recomm endation asto.
the quality and quantity ofpunishm ent.
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ThisOfficeagreesthatitwillrecommend atsentencing thattheCourtreduceby two
lrvels the sentencing guideline level applicablè to the defendant's offensç, pursuant to Section k
3E1.1(a)oftheSentencing Guideiines,baseduponthedefendant'srecognition andaffirmativeand
timelyacceptanceofpersonalresponstbility.lfatthetimeofsentencingthedefendant'soffenselevel
is determ ined to be 16 or greater,this Office w illfile a m otion requesting an additionalone level
decreasepursuantto Sçction 3E1.1(b)pfthe Sentencing Guidelines,statingthatthedefendanthas
assisted authorities in the investigation orprosecution ofthe defendant's own m isconductby tim ely
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notifying authorities of the 'defendânt's intention to enter a plea'of guilty, thereby perm itting the
governm entto avoid preparing fortrialand pennitting the governm entand the Courtto allocatetheir .
resources efficiently.This Office, how ever,w ill not be required to m ake this m otion and these
recommendationsiftlkedefendant:(1)failsorrefusestomakeafull,accurateandcompletedisclosure
to the probation oftice and the Courtofthe circum stancessurrounding the relevantoffense conduct;
(2)isfoundtohavemisrepresentedfactstothegovernmentpriorto orafterentering intothisplea
agreement;or(3)commitsanymisconductafterenteringintothispleaagreement,includingbutnot
limited to committing a state orideraloffense,violating any term ofrelease,ormaking false
statem entsofm isrepresentationsto any governm entalentity orofficial.
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This Officeand the defendantagreethat,although notbinding on theprobation office
ortheCdurt,theywilljointly'iecommrndthattheCourtfiildthat,pursuanttoSentencingGuideline
j2B1.1(b)(1)(G),the relevantamountoflpssresulting from the defendant'sparticipation in the
offenseisgreaterthan $250,000andlessthanorequalto$550,000,resultinginatwelve(12)level
enhancem ent.
ThisOffice and the defendantagree that,although notbinding on theprobation office
orthe Court,they willjointly recommend thatthe Courtimpose asentence within the advisory
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sentencing guideline rangeproduced by application ofthe Sentencing Guidelinesascomputed by the
Courtandthattheseptenceimposedhereberunconcurrently with anysentenceimposed inCaseNo.
20-20066-CR-W 1LL1AM S(S.D.Fla.).
The defendantis aw are thatthe sentence has notyetbeen determ ined by the Coult
The defendantalso isaw are thatany estim ate ofthe probable sentencing range or sentence thatthe
defendantm ay receive,whetherthatestim ate com esfrom the defendant'sattorney,thisOffice,orthe
probation office,isaprediction,notaprom ise,and isnotbinding on thisOfficç,theprobation office
orthe Court.Thé defendantunderstands furtherthatany recom m endation thatthis Office m akesto
the Courtas.
to sentencing,whether pursuant to this agreem entorothelw ise,is not binding on the
Courtand the Courtm ay disregard the recom m endation in its entirety.The defendantunderstands
and acknoivledgesthatthe defendantm ay notw ithdraw hisplea based upon the Coulï'sdecision not
to accept a sentencing recom m endation m ade by the defendànt,this Office,or a recom m endation
m ade iointlv bv the defendantand thisOffice.
10. The defendantagrees,in an individu4land any othercapacity,to forfeitto theU nited
Sta'tes,voluntarily and imm ediately,any right,title,and interestto a1lproperty,realorpersonàl,which
constitutes oris derived from '
proceeds obtained directly orindirectly,as a resultofthe v'iolatibn to
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which he ijpleading guilty,pprsuantto Title 18,United StatesCode,Section 982(a)(2)(A).ln ..
addition,thedefendantagreesto forfeitureofsubstitmepropertypursuantto 21U.S.C.j 853û9.
Theproperty subjecttoforfeitureincludes,butisnotlimitedto aforfeituremoneyjudgmentinan
amounttobedetenuinedlater,which sum representsthevalueofthepropertysubjecttoforfeiture; '
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The deféndantfurtheragreesthatforfeimre is independentofany assesslent,fine,
cost,restitution,orpenalty that.may be imposed by the Court.The defendantu owsgjy ayo
voluntarily agreesto w aive allconstitutional,legal,and equitable defensesto theforfeiture,including
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excessive fines under the Eighth A m endm ent to the United States Constitution.ln addition,the
defendant agrees to w aive: any applicable tim e lim its for adm inistrative or Judicial forfeiture
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proceedings,therequirementsofFed.
'Rs.Crim.P.32.2and43(a),.andanyappealoftheforfeiture.
The defendantalso égreesto fully and truthfully disclose the existence,nature and
location ofallassets in w hich the defendanthas orhad any director indirectfinancialinterest or
control,and any assetsinvolved in theoffense ofconviction.ThedefendantagreesSo take allsteps
fequested by the United Statesforthe recovery and forfeiture ofa1lassets identified by the United
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Statésassubjecttoforfeiture.Thisincludes,butisnotlimitedto,thetimelydeliveryuppnrequestof
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allnecessary ànd appropriate docum entation to deliver good and m arketable title,consenting to al1
orders of forfeiture, and not contesting or im pedi
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ng'in any w ay w ith any crim inal, ci
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adm inistrative forfeiture proceeding concerning the forfeitttre.
13. lnfurtheranceofthesatisfactionofaforfeituremoneyjudgmehtenteredbytheCourt
in thiscase,the defendantagreesto the follow ing:
subm it a financial statem ent to this Office upon request,w ithin 14
calendardaysfrom therequest; '
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maintain any assetvalued in excessof$10,000,and notsell,hije,
w aste, encumber, destroy,or otherwise devalue such asset without '
priorapprovaloftheUnited States;
provide inform ation aboutany transferofan assetvalued in excessof
$10,000sincethecommencementoftheoffenseconductinthiscaseto
date;
d. cooperate fully in the investigation and the identification ofaskets,'
including liquidating assets,m eeting with representativesoftheU nited
States,and providing any docum entation requested;and
notify,within30 days,theClerk ofthe Uourtforthe Southern District
ofFloridaahd thisOffice of:(i)any change ofname,residence,or
Jmailing address, and (ii) any material change in economic
circtlm stancek.
14. The defendantunderstandsand acknow ledgesthatthe Courtm ustorderrestitm ipn for
thefullamountofthevictims'lossespursuantto18U.S.C.j3663A.Defendantunderstndsthatthe
am ountofrestitution ow ed to the victim sw illbe determ ined atorbefore sentencing unlessthe Court
orders otherw ise.
Thedefendantisawaly thatTitle 18,United StatesCode,Section 3742 and Title28,
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United Statçs Code,Section 1291 afford the defendantthe rightto appealthe sentence im posed in
this case.Acknow ledging this,in exchange forthe undertakings m àde by the United Stytes in this
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plea agreem ent,the defendanthereby waivesa1lrightsconferredby Sections3742 and 1291to appeal
any sentence im posed,including any rrstitution order,orto appealthem annér in which the sentence
w as imposed,unless the sentence exceedsthe m axim um perm itted by statittç or is the result of an
upward departure and/or an upw ard variance from the advisory guideline rânge that the Court'
establishesatsentencing.ThedefendantfurtherunderstandsthatnothinginShisagreementshallaffect
the governm ent's right and/or duty to appealas set forth in Title l8,U nited States Code?Section
3742(1$ andTitle28,United StatesCode,Section 1291.Höwever,iftheUnited Statesappealsthe
defendant'ssentencepursuanttoSections3742(19 and1291,thedefendantshallbereleasedfrom the
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above waiverofappellaterights.By signing thisagreement,the defendantacknowledgesthatthe
defendanthasdiscussed the appealw aiversetforth'in this agreem entw ith the defendant's attorney.
The defendantfurtheragrees,togetherwith this Oftièe,to requestthatthe Courtenter a specific
finding that the defendant's waiver of his right to appeal the sentence im posed in this case w as
know ing and voluntary.
Defendantrecognizesthatpleading guilty m ay have consequencesw ith respectto the
defendant's im m igration status ifthe defendant is not a citizen ofthe U nited States.Underfederal
law ,a bm ad range of crim es are rem ovable offenses,including the offense to which defendant is
pleading guilty.Removal and other immigration consequences are the 'subject of'a separate
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Proceeding,V wever,and.defendântunderstandsthatnoone,includingthedefendant'sattorney or
the Court, can predict to a certainty the effect of the defendant's conviction on the defendant's
immigrationstatus.Defendantneverthelessaffirmsthatthedefendahtwantstopleadguiltyregardless
ofany im m igration consequencesthàtthe defendant'splea m ay entail,even ifthe consequence isthe
defendant'sautom atic rem ovalfrom theU nited States.
The defendant confirm s that the defendant is guilty of the offenses to w hich the
defendqnt is pleading guilty;thatthe defendant's decision to plead guilty is the decision thatthe
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defendanthas m ade;and thatnobody hasforced,tllreatened,or coerced the defendantinto pleading
guilty. The defendant affirm s that the defendant hasv review ed this agreem ent and enters into it
klpwingly,'voluntarilj,and intelligently,and with the beùefitofassistance by the defendant's,
attorney.
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