Indictment — No. 3:23-cr-00252 (Dkt. 1, N.D. Tex.)

Summary

A sealed grand jury indictment filed June 21, 2023 as Document 1 in United States v. Mihir Patel et al., Case 3:23-cr-00252-K, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, against defendants including Mihir Patel, Kinjal Patel, Prateek Desai, Wajahat Khan and Imran Khan. It alleges that from about July 1, 2019 through April 1, 2023 the defendants sought over $53 million in loan proceeds, including PPP loans, for themselves and purported metal recycling companies, using inflated payroll figures, false IRS documents and altered bank statements. It states at least 24 false PPP applications were submitted, including loans of $307,884.82 and $379,415.82. The indictment charges bank fraud conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. § 1349, bank fraud, money laundering conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h) and a false statement to the FDIC under 18 U.S.C. § 1007.

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