Indictment — No. 2:23-cr-00320 (Dkt. 1, E.D. Cal.)

Summary

A grand jury indictment filed December 14, 2023 as Document 1 in United States v. Shahriar "Sean" Loloee and Karla Montoya, Case No. 2:23-cr-00320-TLN, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. It charges conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. § 371 to defraud the Department of Labor, commit immigration document fraud and obstruct justice, possession and use of false immigration documents under 18 U.S.C. § 1546, obstruction of agency proceedings, falsification of records under 18 U.S.C. § 1519 and wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343. It alleges that Loloee, owner of the Viva Supermarkets chain in the Sacramento area, and Montoya, its general manager, hired workers using fraudulent documents and paid them off the books to avoid overtime. It states Department of Labor investigations led to back-wage agreements of approximately $3,496.18 and $35,423.35.

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