Factual Proffer — United States v. Mendoza (S.D. Fla., Document 70)
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A Factual Proffer, Document 70, entered on the docket August 18, 2025 in United States of America v. Christian Mendoza, Case No. 1:25-cr-20178-EA, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The defendant, counsel and the United States agree that, had the case proceeded to trial, the United States would have proven the listed facts beyond a reasonable doubt. The proffer states that Lopez Carrazana, Mendoza and Ulloa submitted and caused the submission of approximately 165 false and fraudulent PPP loan applications for their corporations and other borrowers' corporations, and that lenders disbursed over $6,500,000 in loan proceeds. It states that Mendoza and Ulloa referred borrowers to Lopez Carrazana in exchange for a share of kickbacks, and describes a conspiracy in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349.
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“Factual Proffer — United States v. Mendoza (S.D. Fla., Document 70).”
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Case 1:25-cr-20178-EA Document 70 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/18/2025 Page 1 of 4 ''
U N ITED STATE S D ISTRIC T C O UR T FO R TH E
: SO U TH ERN D ISTR ICT O F FLO R IDA
. C A SE N O .25-20178-CR -AIzTM AN
UNITED STATES OF AM ERICA,
Plaintiff,
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CHRISTIAN M ENDOZA,
D efendant.
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FA C TU A L PR O FFE R
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DefendantCHM STIAN M ENDOZA (çttheDefendanf'or''CHRISTIAN M ENDOZA''),
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hiscotmsel,alldtheUnited StatesofAm ericaagreethat,hadthiscaseproceededtotrial,theUnited '
Statesw ould haveproven,the follow ing facts,which are a11trtze,beyond a reasonable doubt:
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, The United States SmallBusiriess Administration (CGSBA'') was all executive branch
. agency of the United States governm ent that provided support to entrepreneurs and sm all
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businesses. Aspart'oftlliseffort;the SBA enabled and provided forloansthrough bnnks,credit
. tmions,and otherlenders.Theseloanshad governm ent-backed guarantees.
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CoronavirusAid,Relief,and EconomicSectuity ILLCAIlES''IActwasafederallaw
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. . m illionsofbusinessownerswho were suffering the economic effectscaused by the COV1D-19
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pandemic.OnesourceofrelièfprovidedbytheCARESActwastheauthorization offorgivable
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loansto smallbusinesses,including sole proprietorships,forjob retention and certain other
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bxpenses,thiôugh aprogfaï referredtoasthePaycheckProtectionProgram CPPP'').PPP loatl
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proceedsw ere required to be used by the business on certain perm issible expenses- payrollcosts,
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., intereston m ortgages,rent:and utilities. The PPP allowed the interestand plincipalon the PPP
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10= to beentirely forgiven ifthe businessspelztthe 1oan proceedson theseexpense item swithin
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a designated period oftim e aqd used a defined portion ofthePPP loan proceeds on payrollcosts.
B egilm ing som etim einM arch 2020,GU ILLERM O LOPEZ CARR AZAN A ,CHR ISTIA N
M ENDOZA,andM u M BERTO M ERA ULLOA,submittedandcausedthesubm issionoffalse
. and fraudulent PPP loan applications,on behalf of them selves and corporate entities that they
èontrolled,such as.
G LUX LLC,GlobalTax,CM Logistics,and M ax M era Corporation. LO PEZ
CARRAZANA,M END OZA,and.M EltA ULLOA,in return forthepaym entofkickbacks,also
subm itted and caused the subm ission of false and gaudulent PPP loan applications for other
borrow ers,including O .S.,S.M ,'E.C.,and A .A . In som e instances,LOPEZ CARR AZAN A and
, M EN D OZA subm itted and caused the subm ission of both firstdraw and second draw PPP loan
. 'applications on behalfofthem selves and co-conspirators.
I1lD rthefance ofthè schem e,LOPEZ CA RR AZAN A ,M EN D OZA ,and M ER A U LLOA ,
subm itted and éaused the subm ission of,false and fraudulent inform ation and doctzm entation in
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. . suppol'tofPPPloanapplicàtiphs,includingfalsifiedInternalRevenueService(1GlRS'')forms,false
and fraudulentbank records,and.other docum ents,that falsely and gaudulently rèpresented the
m ont.itly payrollandthenllmberofemployeesforthe corporate entitiesthey controlled.
Irifdrthérance ofthescheme,LOPEZ CARRAZANA,M EN DOZA,and M EM ULLOA ,
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submitted ànd caused the subm ijsiùn of approximately 165 false and fraudulent PPP loan
( applications fortheir corporations and otherbotw w ers'corporations. A s a resultofthe false and
fraudulentPPP loanapplications'subm itted aspa.
l'tofthisschem e,LendersapprovedPPP loansto
entitiesbelopging to the defendants and theirco-conspiratorsan.
d disblzrsed,via interstate wire
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over$6,500,000 in loan proceedsinto bnnk accotmts controlled by the defendants'
and theirco-conspirators.
Case 1:25-cr-20178-EA Document 70 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/18/2025 Page 3 of 4
A s far as loan losses attributed to each Defendmlt,M ER A U LLOA and M EN D OZA
réferred separate groups of borrow s to LO PEZ CARR AZAN A , in exchange for a shére of
kickbacks fw m each ,
respective borrow ers'PPP loan proceeds. M EN D OZA and M F,
R A ULLOA
received unlawfulldckbacksfrom borrowers'PPP loan proceedsand shared thoseproceedswith
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LOPEZ CARRAZANA. MENNOZA (with LOPEZ CARRAZANA) caused approximately
$2,406,5.19 in fraud-based loansand M ERA ULLOA (with LOPEZ CARRAZANA) caujed
approïimatel#$2,384,105infraud-basedloans.LOPEZ CARRAZANA,witheachofhistwoco-
Defendants,caused approximately $5,948,423 in fraud-based loans.
. LO PEZ CA RRA ZAN A , M END OZA , and M ER A ULLOA , and their co-conspirators,
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including O .S.,S.M ,E.C.,and A .A ,used the proceeds from the schem e to ezlrich them selves and
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.herthescheme.'Thethreeco-Defendantsdidwiïlfully,thatis,withtheintentto
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furthertheobjectoftheconspiracy,andknowinglycombine,conspire,confederate,andagreeWith
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çach other,O.S;,S.M ,E.C.,A.A.,and others,to knowingly,and with theintenttodefraud,devisé,
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and intendtosdevise,aschemealldartificeto defraud,andto obtain money andpropertyby m eans
of maleriallyyfalse.and âaudulentpretenses,representations, and prom ises,knowing that the
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prefeùses,representations,and.
prom isesw ere false and gaudulentw hen m ade,and,forthe purpose
'ofèxecutingtheschem eandartifice,didknowinglytransmitandcauseto betransmitted,bym eans
of wire comm unications in interstate,and foreign comm erce, certain writings, signs,signals,
pictures,and solm ds,.
in violation ofTitle 18,U nited States Code,Section 1343,al1in violation of
Title 18,U llited States Code,Section 1349.
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The Parties agreethatthe above facts,which do notinclude a11the facts known to the
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