Criminal Complaint — United States v. Justin Ezeiruaku (D.N.J.)

Summary

A Criminal Complaint (AO 91) in United States of America v. Justin Ezeiruaku, Case No. 20-mj-2109 (AMD), in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, filed October 19, 2020 as Document 1. It charges conspiracy to commit bank fraud under 18 U.S.C Section 1349 from April 2020 through October 2020. The attached statement of HSI Special Agent Luis Santana describes a nationwide scheme in which conspirators recruited account holders on Instagram and deposited counterfeit U.S. Treasury Economic Impact Payment checks into their accounts before withdrawing the funds. It states that investigators identified over 164 counterfeit EIP checks deposited into approximately 51 Bank of America accounts, with loss exposure of approximately $320,119.70, and cites ATM surveillance footage of Ezeiruaku. The complaint names Hon. Ann Marie Donio, U.S. Magistrate Judge.

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