Factual Proffer — United States v. Lopez Carrazana (S.D. Fla., Document 66)
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Factual Proffer entered on the docket August 18, 2025 as Document 66 in United States of America v. Lopez Carrazana, Case 1:25-cr-20178-EA (25-20178-CR-ALTMAN) (S.D. Fla.). The defendant, his counsel and the United States agree that, had the case proceeded to trial, the United States would have proven the stated facts beyond a reasonable doubt. The proffer states that the defendants submitted and caused the submission of approximately 165 false and fraudulent PPP loan applications, and that lenders disbursed over $6,500,000 in loan proceeds into accounts they controlled. It states that the defendant, with co-defendants, caused approximately $5,948,423 in fraud-based loans, in connection with Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349.
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“Factual Proffer — United States v. Lopez Carrazana (S.D. Fla., Document 66).”
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Case 1:25-cr-20178-EA Document 66 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/18/2025 Page 1 of 4
UN ITED STA TES D ISTR ICT C O U RT FO R TH E
SO U TH ER N DISTRICT O F FL OR IDA
CA SE N O .25-20178-C R-A LTM A N
UNITED STATES OF AM EW CA
Plaintiff,
V.
GUILLERM O LOPEZ CARR AZANA,
D efendant.
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FACTUAL PROFFER
Defendmlt GUILLERM O LOPEZ CARRAZANA CGthe Defendant'' or ''LOPEZ
CARRAZANA''),hiscounsel,andtheUnitedStatesofAmericaagreethat,hadthiscaseproceeded
to tdal,the United States would have proven the following facts,Fhich are a11trtze,beyond a
reasonabledoubt:
The.United States'.smallBusiness Admirlistration (ççSBA'')vvas an executive branch
agency of'the U nitçd States governm ent that provided support to entrepreneurs and sm all
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businesses. A s paz't.
ofthis effort,the SBA enabled and provided for loansthrough banks,credit
llnions,atld otherlenders.Theseloanshad governm ent-backed guarantees.
The CöropavirusAid,Reliet andEconomicSectlrity (ICCA1tES'')Actwasafederallaw
enacted in orarotmd M arch 2020 and designed to provide em ergency fm ancialassistance to the
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. ' m illions of business om lers w ho w ere suffering the econom ic effects caused by the C OVlD -19
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pandemic. One source èfreliefprovided by the CA'
RES Actwasthe authorization offorgivable
loans to smallbusinesses,including sole proprietorsl
. zips,forjob retention and certain other
'expenses,through aproérnm referredto asthePaycheck Protection Progrnm CTPP''). PPP loan
proceedsw ere.required.to be used by thebusinesson certain perm issible expenses- payrollcosts,
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intereston m ortgages,rent,and utilities. The PPP allow ed the interestand principalon the PPP
loan to beentirely forgiven ifthe businessspentthe loan proceedson theseexpenseitem swithin
a designatedperiodoftime and used adefm ed portion ofthePPP loanproceedson payrollcosts.
Beginning som etim ein M arch 2020,GU ILLERM O LOPEZ CA RR AZAN A ,CH RISTIA N
M EN D O ZA ,andM u A LBERTO M EM U LLOA ,subm itted and causedthesubm ission offalse
and fraudulent PPP loan applications,on behalf of them selves and corporate entities that they
controlled,such as G LU X LLC,G lobalTax,CM Logistics,and M ax M era Corporation. LOPEZ
CARRAZANA,A NDOZA,and M ERA ULLOA,in retum forthepaymentofldckbacks,also
subm itted and caused the subm ission of false and fraudulent PPP loan applications for other
borrowers,inklttding O.S.,S.M ,E.C.,and A.A.In someinstances,LOPEZ CARRAZANA and
M ENDOZA subm itted and caused the submission ofboth flrstdraw and second draw PPP loan
applicationson behalfofthem selvesand co-conspirators.
In furthermlce ofthe schem e,LOPEZ CARR AZAN A ,M EN D OZA ,and M ERA ULLOA ,
subm itted and caused the subm ission of,false and gaudulentirtform ation and docl3m entation in
supportofPPPloanapplications,includingfalsifiedIntem alRevenueService(G;1RS'')forms,false
and fraudulentbnnk records,and otherdocttm ents,thatfalsely and âaudulently represented the
m onthly payrolland thenllmberofemployeesforthecorporateentitiesthey controlled.
In fartherance ofthe schem e,LO PEZ CARRA ZAN A ,A N D OZA ,and M ER A U LLOA ,
submitted and caused the subm ission of approxim ately 165 false and fraudulent PPP loan
applicationsfor'theircorporationsand otherborrowers'corporations. Asa resultofthefalse and
. fraudulentPPP loan applicationssubmittedaspartofthisscheme,Lendersapproved PPP loansto
entities belonging to the defendants and their co-conspirators and disbursed,via interstate w ire
transm issionjover$6,500,000 in loan proceedsinto bank accotmtscontrolled by the defendants'
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and their co-conspirators.
As far as loan losses attributed to each Defendant,M ERA ULLOA and M ENDOZA
referred separate groups of borrow s to LOPEZ C ARR AZAN A , in exchange for a share of
kickbacks from each respective borrow ers'PPP loan proceeds. M EN D OZA and M ER A U LLOA
received unlaw fulldckbacks from borrow ers'PPP loan proceeds and shared those proceeds w ith
LOPEZ CXRRAZANA. M ENDOZA (with LOPEZ CARRAZANA) caused approximately
$2,406,519 in fraud-based loans and M ERA ULLOA (with LOPEZ CARRAZANA) caused
approximately$2,384,105infraud-basedloans.LOPEZ CARRAZANA,witheachofhistwoco-
D efendants,caused approxim ately $5,948,423 in fraud-based loans.
copsz CARRAZAXA,Msxo:zx and M ER.A utzox m,d theirco-conspirators,
including O .S.,S.M ,E.C.,and A .A ,used the proceedsfrom the schem e to em ich them selves and
others,andto f'
urtherthescheme.Thethreeco-Defendantsdidwillfully,thatis,with theintenito
furthertheobjectofthe.conspiracy,andknowinglycombine,conspire,confederate,andagreewith
, each other?O.S.,S.
M ,E.C.,A .A.,and others,to knowingly,andwiththeintenttodefraud,devise,
andintend todevise,aschem eand artificeto defraud,and to obtain money and propertyby means
Of m aterially false and fraudulent'pretenses, representations, and prom ises, lcnow ing that the
pretensesr'representations,andprom iseswerefalseandfraudulentwhenm ade,and,forthepurpose
ofexecutingtheschem eandartifice,didknowinglyt'
ransmitandcausetobetransm itled,bym eans
of wire com m tm ications in interstate and foreign com m erce, certain m itings, signs, signals,
. picttlres,'and sotm ds,in violation ofTitle 18,U nited States Code,Section 1343,al1in violation of
Title 18,U nited States Code,Section 1349.
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The Parties agree thatthe above facts,w hich do ilot include al1 the facts know n to the
Governm entorD efendant,are sufficient.
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