Information — U.S. v. Shanrika Shantae Duhart (S.D. Fla.)
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A criminal information in United States v. Shanrika Shantae Duhart, No. 0:21-cr-60254-WPD, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, entered on the docket September 2, 2021 as Document 21. It charges conspiracy to commit wire fraud under Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, alleging fraudulent PPP loan applications with falsified bank statements and payroll tax forms. According to the information, a PPP application for HairSheGoes, Inc. requested $388,790 on the claim that the company had 20 employees and an average monthly payroll of $155,516. The overt acts listed include wires of $47,000 and $40,000 from the company's business bank account to a co-conspirator. Attached are a certificate of trial attorney, a penalty sheet listing a maximum of 5 years' imprisonment, and a waiver of indictment form.
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Case 0:21-cr-60254-WPD Document 21 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/02/2021 Page 1 of KS
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Sep 2, 2021
U NITED STATES DISTW CT CO UR T
SOU THERN DISTR ICT OF FLO RIDA
21- 60254-CR-DIMITROULEAS/SNOW
C aseN o.
18U.S.C.j371
18U.S.C.j982
UN ITED STATES O F AM EW CA
YS.
SH AN RIK A SH AN TAE DU HA RT,
Defendant.
IN FO RM A TIO N
The A cting U nited StatesAttorney chargesthat:
GENERAL ALLEGATIONS
Ata11tim esm aterialto thisInform ation:
The Pavcheck Protection Prozram
TheCoronavirusAid,Relief,andEconomicSecurityICCCARES''IActwasafederal
law enacted in oraround M arch 2020 and designed to provide em ergency financialassistance to
the m illions of A m ericans who are suffering the econom ic effects caused by the COV ID -19
pandem ic. One sotzrce of reliefprovided by the CA RES A ctwasthe authorization of forgivable
loanstosmallbusinessesforjobretentionandcertainotherexpenses,through aprogram referred
toasthePaycheckProtectionProgrnm ((TPP'7).
In orderto obtaîn aPPP loan,a qualifying businesssubm itted aPPP toan application,
w hich w as signed by an authorized representative of the business. The PPP loan application
requiredthebusiness(tltroughitsauthorizedrepresentative)toacknowledgetheprogram rulesand
m ake certain affirm ative certitications in orderto be eligible to obtain the PPP loan. In the PPP
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loarlapplication(Sma1lBusinessAdministration(t%BA'')Form 2483),tlzesmallbusiness(through
itsauthozizedrepresentative)wasrequiredtoprovide,amongotherthings,its:(a)averagemonthly
payrollexpenses;and(b)numberofemployees.Thesefigureswereusedtocalculatetheamount
of m oney the sm all business w as eligible to receive under the PPP. In addition, businesses
applyingforaPPP loan wererequired toprovidedocum entation confirm ing theirpayrollexpenses.
A PPP loan application was processed by a participating lender. lf a PPP loan
application w as approved,the participating lender funded the PPP loan using its own m onies.
W hile itwas the participating lenderthatissued the PPP loan,the loan w as 100% guaranteed by
the SBA . D ata from the application,including inform ation aboutthe borrow er,the totalnm ount
ofthe loan,and the listed num berofem ployees,w astransm itted by the lenderto the SBA in the
course ofprocessing the loan.
4. PPP loan proceeds were required to be used by the business on certain perm issible
expenses- payrollcosts,intereston m ortgages,rent,mld utilities. The PPP allow ed the interest
and principalon the PPP loan to be entirely forgiven if the business spentthe loan proceeds on
theseexpense item sw ithin a designated period oftim e and used adefined portion ofthe PPP loan
PCOCCCdS0n Paylrllexpenses.
The D efendant.Related Entitiesand lndividuals
HairSheGoes,lnc.(RHSG'')wasaFloridacoporationwith itslisted principal
addressin CoconutCreek,Florida.
6. D efendantSH ANR'IK A SH AN TA E DU H ART,aresidentofM iam i, Florida,was
the sole incorporatorand presidentofH SG .
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Bank 1 w as a finarlcialinstitution based in SaltLake City,Utah,thatwas insuzed
by theFederalDepositInsuranceCorporation ((çFD1C'').Bank 1wasan approved SBA lenderof
PPP loans.
8. Bank Processor 1 w as a third-party company processor,based in R edw ood City,
California,thatprocessedPPP loan applicationsforBank 1,
Jam es Stote w msa residentofBrow ard County,Florida.
10. Keyaira Bostic w asa residentofBrow ard County,Florida.
11. Individual1w asa residentofM iam i-Dade County,Florida.
Individual2 w asa residentofIndian RiverCounty,Florida.
Conspiracy to C om m itW ireFraud
(18U.S.C.j371)
From on oraboutM ay 22,2020,through on or aboutJuly 30,2020,in Brow ard County,
in the Southem DistrictofFlorida,and elsewhere,the defendant,
SH AN W K A SH AN TA E D UH ART ,
didwillfully,thatis,withtheintenttofurthertheobjec'toftheconspiracy,andknowinglycombine,
conspire,confederate,and agree w ith Jnm es Stote,Keyaira Bostic,and w ith others known and
unknown to the A cting United States Attorney,to com m itan offense againstthe United States,
thatis,to know ingly,and with the intentto defraud,devise,and intend to devise,a schem e and
adificeto deâaud,and to obtain m oney and property by m eans ofm aterially false and fraudulent
pretenses, representations, and prom ises, know ing that the pretenses, representations, and
prom isesw ere false and fraudulentw hen m ade,andy.forthe purpose ofexecuting the schem e and
artifice,did knowingly transm itand causeto be transm itted,by m eansofw ire com m unication in
interstate com m erce,certain writings,signs,signals,pictures and sounds,in violation ofTitle 18,
U nited StatesCode,Section 1343.
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PUR POSE OF TH E CO NSPIR ACY
13. ltw as the purpose ofthe conspiracy forthe defendantand her co-conspiratorsto
lmlawfullyenrichthemselvesby,amongotherthings:(a)submitingandcausingthesubmission
offalseand fraudulentapplicationsforloansand grantsm adeavailablethrough the SBA toprovide
reliefforthe economic effectscaused by theC0V1D-19 pandemic,including PPP loans;(b)
offering, paying, and receiving kickbacks in return for refening other individuals for the
submission offalse and fraudulentloan applications;and (c)diverting fraudproceedsforthe
defendant's and co-conspirators'personaluse,the use and benetitof others,and to further the
conspiracy.
M ANN ER A ND M EAN S O F TH E CON SPIM CY
The m armer and m eans by which the defendant and her co-conspirators sougpht to
accomplishtheobjectandpurposeoftheconspiracyincluded,amongothers,thefollowing:
SHANRIK A SHANTAE DUHART,JamesStote,KeyairaBostic,and otherco-
conspirators subm itted and caused the subm ission of fraudulentPPP loan applications for H SG
and otherentities,via interstate wire com m unications.
The PPP loan applications subm itted by SH A NRIK A SH ANTAE D UH AR T,
Jnmes Stote, Keyaira Bostic,and other co-conspirators for H SG and other entities, included
falsified bank statem ents and payrolltax form s,am ong other things,and falsely and fraudulently
represented the borrow ing entities'ntlm berofemployeesand am ountofm onthly payroll.
16. SH ANR IK A SH A NTAE DUH ART and otherco-conspirators paid Jam es Stote,
K eyaira Bostic,and other co-conspirators kickbacks in exchange for facilitating and obtaining
fraudulentPPP loans,
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A s a resultofthe false and fraudulentPPP loan applications subm itted aspartof
this schem e,Bnnk 1 and other pe icipating bnnks disbursed m illions of dollars in PPP loan
proceeds,w hich w ere transferred to SH A NRIK A SH ANTAE DUH AR T,Jam es Stote,K eyaira
Bostic,and otherco-conspiratorsvia interstate wiretransm issions. D UH A RT personally applied
for at least one fraudulentPPP loan and as a result,she received proceeds in the smount of
approximately $388,790.
O VERT ACTS
Infurtheranceoftheconspiracy,andtoaccomplishitsobjectandpup ose,atleastoneof
the co-conspiratorscom m itted and caused to becom naitted,in the Southern DistrictofFlozidaand
elsewhere,atleastone ofthe follow ing overtacts,am ong others:
On or about M ay 23, 2020, Jam es Stote created an online loan account for
SHANRIKA jHANTAE DUHART withBankProcessor1.
On or aboutM ay 26,2020,SH A NRIK A SH AN TA E DUH A RT electronically
viewed and signed a PPP loan application on behalfofH SG . The application form ,wlaich w as
electronically signed with thename lçshanrika Duharq''requested a loan forHSG in the amount
of $388,790 based on the claim thatthe company had 20 employees and an average monthly
payrollof$155,516.
On oraboutJune 3,2020,Keyaira Bostic sentw iring instructionsviatextm essage
to SH AN RIIG SH ANTAE DUH A RT which directed DU H ART to m ake a kickback paym ent
to Jam esStoteforpreparing the fraudulentPPP loan application.Thewiring instnzctionsincluded
Jam es Stote'sbnnk nam e,com pany nam e,hom e address,accountnum ber,and routing number.
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4. ln response to the wiring instructions from Keyaira Bostic, SH ANR IK A
SH AN TA E D UH ART senta textm essage to Bostic on or aboutJune 3,2020,which said:çtU
w antm e to wire thatto abusinessthatlookslikeI'm buying a hom e.';
ln responseto SH ANR IK A SHA NTAE DU HA RT 'Squestion aboutwhereto wire
them oney,on oraboutJune 3,2020,K eyaira Bostictexted D UH AR T:1$H e said add to notesfor
rem odeling forBusiness;Or covid businessupgrade;1m ean on the instructionsforwire.''
6. On oraboutJune4,2020,SHANRIK A SHANTAE DUHART wired$47,000to
Jam es Stote from herH SG'S businessbank accolm t,w hich accounthad received theproceeds of
aPPP loanfrom Bnnk 1onJtme1,2020,intheamountofapproximately $388,790.Onthem em o
line,D UH ART indicated thatthis m oney w as forISCO VID business upgradingm air She Goes-
Shamika Dtlhart.''
On oraboutJune 9,2020,SH AN RIK A SH A NTA E DUH A RT w ired an additional
$40,000 to James Stote from HSG'S business bank account. On the memo line,DUHART
indicated thatthis m oney wasfortICOV ID BusinessUpgrading.R'
/
On or about June 10,2020,SH ANRIK A SH ANTAE DU H ART m ade a rent
paymentforthe apartmentwhereshelived in thenm ountof$4,300 using fundsshehad received
from the H SG PPP loan.
9. On oraboutJune l9,2020,SHANRIIQA SHANTAE DUHART wrote a $4,000
check m ade payable to Individual1 forçipayroll,''using fundsthatD UH ART had received from
the HSG PPP loan. How ever,Individual1has neverw orked forDUH AR T orHSG.
10. On or about June 22,2020, SH ANR IK A SH A NTAE DU H ART m ade a caz
paym entintheamountof$1,800using fundsshehadreceived from theHSG PPP loan.
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11. On oraboutJune26,2020,SHANRIK A SHANTAE DUHART wrote a$2,000
check m ade payable to Individual2 foritpayroll,''using fundsthatDUH ART had received from
theH SG PPP loan. However,Individual2 hasneverworked forDUH AR T orH SG .
A 1lin violation ofTitle 18,U nited StatesCode,Section 371.
FO R FEITUR E A LLEG ATION S
The allegations contained in tkis Information are hezeby re-alleged and by this
reference fully incorpozated herein forthe purpose of alleging forfeiture to the United States of
certain property in which the defendu t,SH AN RIIG SH A NTAR DUH AR T,has an interest.
2. Upon conviction of a violation of Title 18,United States Code,Section 371,as
alleged in this Inform ation, the defendant shall forfeit to the United States any property
constituling,or derived from ,any proceeds the defendantobtained,directly or indirectly,as the
resultofsuchviolationpursuanttoTitlel8,UnitedStatesCode,Section 982(a)(2)(A).
3. Ifanyofthepropertysubjecttoforfeiture,asaresultofanyactoromissionofthe
defendant:
b. cannotbe located upon the exercise ofdue diligence'
,
c. hasbeen transferred orsold to,ordeposited w ith,athird party;
d. hasbeenplacedbeyondthejurisdictionofthecourt;
e. hasbeen substantially dim inished in value;or
hasbeen com m ingled w ith otherproperty which cnnnotbe divided w ithoutdifficulty,
the United States shallbe entitled to the forfeiture ofsubstitute property underthe provisions of
Title21,United StatesCode,Section 853(p).
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A11ptlrsuanttoTitle18,UnitedStatesCode,Section982(a)(2)(A),andtheproceduresset
forth in Title21,United StatesCode,Section 853,asincorporated by Title 18,U nited StatesCode,
Section982(b)(1).
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ACT G UN ITED STA TES A TTORN EY A CTI G CHIEF,FM U D SECTION
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ASSI AN T U hRTED STA TES ATTORN EY TRIA A TTORN EY ,FRAUD SECTION
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UNITED STATESDISTR ICTCO UU
SO UTHERN DISTRICT O FFLO RIDA
UM TED STATESOFAM ERICA CASE NO.
CERTIFICATE OF TRIAL ATTORNEYA
SHANRIKA SHANTAE DUHART, SupersedingCaselnformation:
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1.Ihavecarefully consideredtheallegationsoftheindictment,thenumberofdefendants,thenum berofproG ble
witnessesandthelegalcomplexitiesoftheindictment/lnformation attachedhereto.
2.1am awarethattheinformation suppliedonthisstatementwillberelieduponbytheJudgesofthisCourtin
settingtheircalendarsand schedulingcrim inaltrialsunderthem andateoftheSpeedy TrialAct,
Title28U .S.C.Section 3161.
3.Intemreter:(YesorNo) No
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(Attachcopyofdispositiveorder)
Hasacomplaintbeenfiledinthismatter? (YesorNo)Yes .
lfyes:M agistrateCaseNo. 21-6153-MJ-HUNT
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Defendantts)infederalcustodyasof
Defendantts)instatecustodyasof
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lsthisapotentialdeathpenaltycase?(YesorNo) N0
7. Doesthiscase originatefrom amatterpending intheCentralRegion oftheU.S.Attorney'sOffice priorto
August9,2013(Mag.JudgeAlicia0.Valle)?(YesorNo) No
8. Doesthiscase originatefrom am atterpending intheNorthernRegionoftheU.S.Attorney'sOfficepriorto
Augus't8,2014(Mag.JudgeShaniekMaynard?(YesorNo) No
9. Doesthiscase originatefrom am atterpending intheCentralRegion oftheU.S.Attorney'sOfficepriorto
October3,20I9(Mag.JudgeJaredStrauss)?(YesorNo) No
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UNITED STATES DISTR ICT C OU RT
SO UTHER N DISTR ICT O F FLO RIDA
PENALTY SH EET
D efendant's Nam e: Shamika Shantae Duhart
C ase No:
Count#:1
Conspiraùy to Com m itW ire Fraud
18U.S.C.j371
*M ax.Penalty:5 years'im prisonm ent
WR efersonly to possible term ofincarcerationydoesnotinclude possible fines,restitution,
specialassessments,paroleterm s,orforfeituresthatm ay beapplicable.
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AO 455(Rev.01/09)WaivcrofanIndictfnent
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W A IVER OF A N IN DICTM EN T
IunderstandthatIhavebeenaccusedofoneormoreoffensespunishable by imprisonmentformorethanone
year.1wasadvised in open coul'tofmy rightsandtbenattzre oftheproposedchargesagainstme.
Afterreceivingthisadvice,fwaivemy rightto prosecution by indictmentand consentto prosecution by
information.
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