Indictment — No. 4:20-cr-00156 (Dkt. 1, E.D. Tex.)

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A sealed grand jury indictment of Fahad H. Shah, Case No. 4:20-cr-00156-ALM-KPJ, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, filed June 18, 2020 as Document 1. Counts One through Three charge wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343, Count Four a false statement to a bank under 18 U.S.C. § 1014, and Counts Five through Eight monetary transactions under 18 U.S.C. § 1957. The indictment alleges that Shah applied for PPP loans for WBF Weddings by Farah, Inc. stating 126 employees, seeking approximately $1,753,875 from Bank 1, which was not approved, and approximately $1,592,657 through Company 1, which Bank 2 funded on or about May 4, 2020. It alleges the funds went to personal expenses including a luxury automobile and home mortgage payments, and that intended losses were at least $3.3 million.

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