Preliminary Order of Forfeiture — United States v. Alexander Blaise (S.D. Fla., Dkt. 80)
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Preliminary Order of Forfeiture, Document 80, entered on the docket May 1, 2023, in United States of America v. Alexander Blaise, Case 0:22-cr-60110-AHS, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The order recites that a federal grand jury returned an Indictment charging the Defendant with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and money laundering counts, and that the Court accepted the Defendant's guilty plea to Count 1 of the Indictment. It also recites facts about a PPP loan application requesting $356,485. The Court grants the Government's Motion, enters a forfeiture money judgment in the amount of $124,060.27 against the Defendant, and retains jurisdiction to enforce or amend the order.
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Case 0:22-cr-60110-AHS Document 80 Entered on FLSD Docket 05/01/2023 Page 1 of 5
UN ITED STA TES D ISTRICT CO URT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFLORIDY
CASE NO.22-CR-60110-SlNGJ1AL
UN ITED STA TES OF AM ERICA
Plaintiff
ALEXANbER BLAISE,
befendant.
PRELIMINARY ORDER OFFORFFITURE
THIS M ATTER isbeforetheCoul'tupon motion ofthe United StatesofAmerica(the
S'United States'')forentry ofa Preliminary OrderofFo
'rfeiture (tsM otion'') againstDefend>qt
ALEXANDER BLAISE (theStDefendanf').TheCoprthasconsideredtheMotion,isotherwijq
adyised in theprem ises,and findsasfollows:
On May 19,2022,afederalgrandjuryretulmedan IndictmçntchargingtheDefeùdantin
Count1withconspiracytocommitwirefraudinviolationof18U.S.C.j1349,inCounls2-4Fith
wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C.j1343,in Count 5 with conspiracy to commitmoney
launderinginviolationof18U.S.C.j1956(h),in Count6withmoney launderingin violation of
18 U.S.C. j 1957,and Counts 7-10 with money lagndering in violation of 1.
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8 U.S.C.
1956(a)(1)(B)(i).Indictment,ECF &o.1. Thelndictmentalso contained forfeiture:llegations,
whichallegedthatuponconvictionofaviolationof18U.S.C.jj1349and/or1343,theDefendant
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shallforfeit,any property constituting,orderived from ,proceçds obtained,directly or indirectly,
asa resùltofsuch violation pursuantand upon a conviction of 18 U.S.C.1956 and/or 1*957,the
Defendant shallforfeit any property,realor personal,involved in such offense,and property
traceableto such property. See id '
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($n Januazy4,20239theCourtacceptedtheDefendant'sguiltypleato Co
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lndictment.SeeM inuteEntry,EUFNo.43;PleaAgreement!1,ECFNo,45.Aspartoftùeguilty
plea,the Defendantagreed to thefoifeimr*e ofa11property,realorpeysonal,which c
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isdqrived from proceedsobtained directly oriqdifectly,asaresultoftheoffense.PleaAgreep ent
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11)supportoftheguiltyplea,theDefendantexecutedaFactualProffer,and theCoprtfolmd
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thattherewasafactualbasisto suppol'ttheDefendant'sconviction.SeeFactualProffer,ECF Np.
46.TheFactualProfferalsopro'
vided abaàisfortheforfeituke ofproperty.S'
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TheDefendant,aresidentofPlantation,Florida,wastheQwnerqfAcuteCareCoordinqting '
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SystemsPA (''ACCS'')andBléisePodiatryLLC ('IBlaisePodiatly'').FactualProfferat2.
Duparsais Blqise (''D.Blaise''),a resident ofLithonia.Geom ia,and th.:e Defeqdant's
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brqther,wasataxpreparerregisteredwiththelnternalRevenueService(''IRS'')whoownedD&U
TaxCity LLC (''D&C Tax City'')andSawyer,M oore,andAssociates,LLC.1d.
hnthony W allace (ECWa11ace''), also known as Apthony San'
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PembrokePines,Florida,andtheownerofOneofOne LLC (''Oneof.One'')and Appetitefor
Everythinglnc.(''Appetite'').Id.
On oraboutM ay 11,2020,D.Blaise assisted the Defendantin subm itting an electronic-
PPè loanapplication requesting $356,485 from FinancialServiceProvider1forA/CS.'
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loanapplicationcontéinedanumberoffalsestasementsaboutACCS,including:(a)thatithadan
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'iaveragemonthly payroll,1of$142,594;(b)thatithad32.employees
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willbe used to retain workerj and m àintain payrollormake m prtgage interestpaym ents,lease
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payments,andutilitypaymentjasspecifiedunderthePaycheckProtectionProgram Rule.,,y .oyj
oraboutVay 12,2020,FinancialServiceProvider1f'unded theACCS loan foiapproximately
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$356,485 and depositedtheïefundjinto apeisonalaccountin thenameofBlaise Podlatry.fJ. ,
In contrastto the statem entsin the appliçqtion,AC CS neverreported any em ployèes to thç
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Florida D epartm entof Revenue and neverreported wagespaid to the IRS,both ofwhich itF:s
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'required to do by lpw.
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proceedsoftheACCS PPP loan onexpensesallowed underthePPP,butiùsteaduîed atleastsom e ''
oftheproceçdson personalexpensessuch ascreditcard paymentsand investm entpurchajes.1d.
The ACCS PPP loan.applitation thatFinancial Service Provider 1 reqeivèd inclttdqd à .
pup orted IRS Form W 3forACCS,whichboyetheDefendant'ssignature,andwasdsedJanuary
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3,2020.1d.This 1RS Form W 3 represented thatACCS hàd paid approximately $1.7 m illion in.
F/gesiri2019,supporting the averagr monthly payrollof$142,594 reported in the application. . . . .
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M oreover,the documentproperties associateL with the IRs Form w 3 submitted to Financiql
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SeryiceProvider l.with theACCS application showed thatD.Blaisehad created and rrvised the
form önoraboutMay.4,2020,threemonths'aiïerthedatethattheDefehdantptzrportedtôhave,
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signedtheform.b..Blàiîehadalsoemailedthesamefalseform totheDefendanton oraboutM ay
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Bankrecordsshbwedthatbetween on oràboutM ay 19,2020,and onoraboutJuly 1,2020, : .
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theDefepdanttrtmsferm dapproximately$270,000oftheACCSPPPproceeéstoD.blaisè'sb&C .
' Tax City yccourït.1d.D.Blais'
e then causqd som e ofthese funds tq be transm itted back to the
Defendant,sometilesto accountsV ldjointly between theDefendantand others.fJ.D.Blaise '
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also transmittedpaym entsto othèrindividualson theDefendant'sbehalf.D .Blaiseqlso retained a
portion ofthefundsfpr'him self.1d.
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D.Blyisealsormailedt1(eDefendant''EmployeePàyrollSumlatyReport''filessipilarto
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the docum ents'thatW allace had received.1d.On orabout..
. M ay 21,2020,.9.Blaise em ailed the
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I Defendmltan i'EpployeePaym entSumm ary Report''pufporting to list''employees''ànd pay för
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ACCS forthçperiod between approxim ately April21,2020,and M ay 2'1,2020.1d.at4.D.Blaise
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and theDefendantwrrelisted asem ployeesqn thisreport.1d.On oraboutAugust.Q
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Defendanireceivedan
'''EmployeePaymeptsummaa Report''forACCSfrom D.Blaise's.
personal
em ailaddress.1d.This reportpurported to list ''employees''and pay for ACCS forthe period
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beiween approxim alely April 1,2020,and August 11,2020.D.Blaise and the D efendantw ere .
listedrsemjloyeesonthisrepo/'aswell.D.BllisenevérworkedforACCS,Fhichasnotedabove
conductçd no substantivebusiness. . '
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Accordingiy,basedontheforegoingytlv ekidenèeiltthewcord,andforgopdcausesswn,'
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. theMotionisGIG NTED,anditlsVrebyORDERED that:
Pursuantto 1'8 U .S.C.j982(à)(1)and Rule 32.2 oftheFedera'
lRulesofCrim inal
Procedure,aforfeituremoneyjudgment.
in the'amountof$124,060.27 ishereby entéred againjt
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theDefendant.
2. ThèUnited Statesisauthoriked to conductany discovery thatm ightbe necessary
toidentify,locate,ordisposeotto'
rfeitedproperty,andtoresolveanythird-partypetition,pursuant
tgRule32.2(b)(3),(c)(1)(B)o.
ftheFedéralRulesofCriminalProcedureand21U.S.C.j853(m).
pursuanttoRulej2.2(b)(4)oftheFederalltulesofCriminalProcedùre,thisOrdçr
isfinalasto theDefendant.
TheCourt'shallretainjurisdiction in thismatterforthepum oseofenforcing this
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Order,andpursuanttoRgle32)2(e)(1)oftheFederalRulesofCriminalProcedure,shallamend
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this 'Order, or entèr other orders as necessary, to forfeit additional specific property when
identified.
boNE AND ORXERED inFortLauderdale,Florida,ihis .
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RA A G SIN OH A M
UNITED STATE ISTRICT JUDGE
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