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Indictment — United States v. Leronce Suel and Ravae Smith, Southern District of California (Document 2)

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A grand jury indictment filed May 19, 2023 as Document 2 in United States v. Leronce Suel and Ravae Smith, Case 3:23-cr-00965-RBM, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Count 1 charges conspiracy to commit wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1349, alleging that the owners of Rockstar Dough LLC and Chicken Feed LLC, San Diego restaurant companies, under-reported 2020 gross receipts on Form 1120S and made false statements to obtain Paycheck Protection Program and Restaurant Revitalization Fund money from the SBA. It lists PPP loans of $82,850, $142,345, $181,455 and $105,728 and Restaurant Revitalization Fund deposits of $526,000 and $734,867. Counts 2-7 charge wire fraud and Counts 8-20 charge monetary transactions under 18 U.S.C. § 1957, and the forfeiture allegation seeks $2,421,345.00 in U.S. currency seized on June 23, 2022.

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“Indictment — United States v. Leronce Suel and Ravae Smith, Southern District of California (Document 2).” Original at ecf.casd.uscourts.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/indictment-usa-v-suel-et-al-dkt-2-s-d-cal-dd48eef834/, SHA-256 82548e24f48ae92082f6601d2e4baad74a4cadef815fa3b7b3e5a3a52ce69d41.

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      Case 3:23-cr-00965-RBM    Document 2   Filed 05/19/23    PageID.4       Page 1 of 10


                                                                           FILED
 1                                                                          May 19 2023
                                                                             10:52 am
 2                                                                    CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
                                                                   SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALJFORNIA
                                                                  BY        s/ Omartinez      DEPUTY
 3

 4
 5                             UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
 6                         SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
 7                               February 2023 Grand Jury
 8 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                  Case No.        '23 CR0965 RSM
 9               Plaintiff,                    I N D I C T M E N T
10         v.                                 Title 18, U.S.C., Sec. 1349 -
                                              Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud;
11 LERONCE SUEL (1),                          Title 18, u.s.c., Sec. 1343 -
   RAVAE SMITH ( 2},                          Wire Fraud; Title 18, U.S.C.,
12                                            Sec. 1957 - Money Laundering;
              Defendants.                     Title 18, u.s.c., Sec. 2 -
13                                            Aiding and Abetting; Title 18,
                                              U.S.C., Secs. 982(a} (1) (C) and
14                                            982 (a) (1), and Title 28, U.S.C.,
                                              Sec. 246l(c) - Criminal Forfeiture
15
16        The grand jury charges, at a·ll times relevant herein:
17                     Persons, Entities, and Background
18        1.    Defendants LERONCE SUEL        ("SUEL")       and RAVAE SMITH            ("SMITH")
19 were United States citizens residing in or around San Diego, California,
20 within the Southern District of California.
21        2.    SUEL and SMI'l'H were the owners of Rockstar Dough LLC and
22 Chicken Feed LLC, which operated a series of restaurants in or around
23 San Diego, California.
24        3.    SUEL had an 85 percent ownership share of Rockstar Dough LLC.
25 SMITH had a 15 percent ownership share of Rockstar Dough LLC.
26        4.    SUEL had a 70 percent ownership share of Chicken Feed LLC.
27 SMITH had a 15 percent ownership share of Chicken Feed LLC.                       A trust was
28 a 15 percent owner of Chicken Feed LLC.

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