Indictment — USA v. Gardener (Dkt. 1, M.D. Fla.)

Summary

An indictment filed October 7, 2025 as Document 1 in United States v. Clarence Gardener, Case 8:25-cr-00481-TPB-LSG, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, charging wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343 in COUNT ONE. It states the defendant owned Gardener Enterprises of Florida LLC. The grand jury charges that beginning on an unknown date, but no later than in or around April 2020, and continuing through at least in or around October 2020, the defendant submitted a PPP application to a lender that overstated the business's employees and average monthly payroll and was supported by a fraudulent 2019 Form 1120-S. Count One concerns a wire transfer of $261,253.00 in PPP funds on or about July 7, 2020 to an account in the defendant's name. The forfeiture allegation seeks an order of forfeiture of approximately $261,253.00.

Summary drafted by a model from the text of the original file linked on this page and checked by script against that text before publication. It is a navigation aid, not a reading of what the document proves. Where AI is used