Court filing — USA v. Philossaint et al (Dkt. 117, S.D. Fla.)
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A proffer, Document 117, entered on the FLSD docket 12/20/2022 in Case 9:22-cr-80144-RS, in which the defendant Gayle and the government agree that the stated facts are accurate and provide a basis for the defendant's plea of guilty. It states that codefendant Philossaint assisted numerous conspirators to submit fraudulent applications for PPP loans and EIDLs on behalf of businesses owned and controlled by the conspirators. It states that Gayle applied for a PPP loan, reported average monthly payroll of $8,037, requested a loan of $20,092.50 and received that amount in a personal checking account. It states that deposits into Gayle's accounts were below the payroll figure reported.
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Case 9:22-cr-80144-RS Document 117 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/20/2022 Page 1 of 3
U N ITED STATES DISTRICT CO U RT
SO U TH ERN DISTRICT OF FLO RIDA
CASE NO.22-CR-80144-Smith/M aN ard(s)(s)
U NITED STATES O F AM ERICA
BRIANNA M ONIQUE GAYLE,
Defendant.
FACT UAL PROFFER
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TheUnited StatesAttorney'sOfficefortheSouthern DistrictofFlorida(d
fthisOffice'')and
the defendant,Brianna M onique Gayle,agree thatthe following statem entoffact-sisaccurate and
providesafactualbasf.
sfortttedefendant'spleaofguilty.A1lfactsweretrueatalltimesrelevantto
theoffense conductunlessam ore specificdate ortim eisspecified.
Paragraphs 1-9 of the General Allegations of the Superseding lndictm ent
accuratelydescribethePayrollProtection Program (ddPPP'')and theEconomiclnjuryDisasterLoan .
(ï%1DL'')program.Theyareincorporated into thisstatementoffact.
sasiffullysetforth herein.
2. Beginning no laterthan in or around M ay orJune 2020 and continuing through
no earlier than in or around June 2021,CodefendantJoffStenn W roy Philossaintassisted
numerous conspirators to subm it fraudulentapplications for PPP loans and EIDLS on behalfof
businessesowned and controlled by the conspirators.A tfirst,Philossaintcarried outthisschem e
whileworking for anotherconspiratorata business in Ft.Lauderdale,in the Southern Districtof
Florida.Later,Philossaintbegan working for him self and carried out the sam e schem e from a
locations in H allandale Beach and Pem broke Pines,both also in rhe Southern D istric, ofFlorida.
Case 9:22-cr-80144-RS Document 117 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/20/2022 Page 2 of 3
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Philossaint prepared loan applications for the conspirator business owners and caused the
applications to be sentto his conspiratorsto digitally sign and electronically submitto various
privatelendersand the SmallBusinessAdministration (6$SBA'').The sewersatwhich the private
lendersand SBA received these applicationswere located outside ofthe Florida.The applications
contained materialmisrepresentationsaboutthebusinesses,such assubstantialoverstatem ent.
sof
thebusinesses'grossrevenues,numberofemployees,and averagem onthlypayroll.Based on these .
fraudulentapplications,the lendersand SBA loaned m oney,generally hundreds of thousands of
dollars,to the conspirators'businesses. .
3. O n Februaw 14,2021,G ayle applied fora PPP loan from a PPP lender.Thelender
electronically received an application fortheloan,signed by G ayle,atit.
ssew erin N ew York Citp
4. ln the application,Gayle identified herself as an independent contractor.She
identified her business address as her hom e address in W est Palm Beach,Florida.The form
included a space for Gayle to reporther average m onthly payroll.The instructions on the form
allowed Gayle to report her payroll for either 2019 or 2020. Gayle reported average m onthly
pamollof$8,037.Theform also included aspaceforthe''loan requestam ount.''The instructions
indicated thatthis am ountwould be 2.5 tim es the average m onthly payroll.Consistentwith this
formula,Gaylerequested aloan of$20,092.50.
5. Lender #2 approved G ayle's application.O n February 19,2021,G ayle sign'ed an
Authorization For PPP Loan Disbursem entAnd ACH Debits,in which she requested thatthe
loan principalbe electronically transferred to her personalchecking account,which wasidentified
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Case 9:22-cr-80144-RS Document 117 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/20/2022 Page 3 of 3
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on theform.On Februazy26,2021,Lender#2electronicallytransferred $20,092.50into Gayle's
personalchecking account.
6. Gayle's personal checking and savings accouns had m inim al balances at the
beginningof2019.Thegrossreceipts,ordeposits,into rheaccountswere$11,664.48 in 2019 and
$2107.91,oramonthlyaverageof$972.04 in 2019and$2107.91in2020.Therefore,Oaylecould
nothavepaidherselfanaveragemonthlypapollof$8,037ineither2019or2020.
On M arch 26,2021,check 171 cleared G ayle'schecking accountin the am ountof
$3,994.00,payable to Dad M oney lnvestmentGroup.CodefendantJoffStenn W roy Philossaint
wasthe Presidentand registered agentofDad M oney.The check wasdeposited into an accountof
which Dad M oneywastheaccountholder.Dad M oney'sbankaccountscontain no indication that
thecompanypurchased any investmentsorconducted othertransacrionsinvolving investmentson
behalfofOayleorothercliens orcustom ers.
JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZ
U N ITED STATES AU O RN EY
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ASSISTAN T U N ITED STATES AU O RN EY
Date, 12 -ï* - z.c
JUAN J.M ICHELEN
AU O RNEY FO R D EFEN DANT
Date, !2 -lR-2* .
BRIANN M ONIQUE GAYLE
DEFEN DAN T
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