Affidavit — U.S. v. Abdul-Azeem Levy and Deon D. Levy (N.D. Ohio)

Summary

An FBI affidavit filed June 8, 2020 as Dkt. 1-1 in Case 1:20-mj-04188-JDG in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, supporting a criminal complaint charging Abdul-Azeem Levy and Deon D. Levy with wire fraud and attempt and conspiracy to commit wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 1349. Special Agent Matthew E. Scalisi states that on or about May 20, 2020 Apex Now Corp. applied for a $554,232 PPP loan from Cross River Bank through BlueVine Corporation, to be paid into a Fifth Third Bank account Levy controls. The affidavit states that the application included an edited February 2020 bank statement showing an average balance of $391,264.80 where the true statement showed $13,264.84, and purported IRS Forms 941 the affiant believes are fabricated. It describes recorded calls on June 5, 2020 with an undercover investigator posing as a bank compliance officer.

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