Indictment — USA v. Yaghmour (Dkt. 20, E.D. Cal.)

Summary

A grand jury Indictment filed August 21, 2025 as Document 20 in United States v. Yahya Z. Yaghmour, Case No. 1:25-cr-00164 JLT-SKO, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, charging four counts of wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343 with criminal forfeiture. It alleges that from around April 2021 through around September 2021 the defendant submitted initial and second draw PPP loan applications to Lender 1 claiming $100,940 in 2020 gross income from "furniture" as owner of BC Outlet, supported by a fake Schedule C, although BC Outlet burned down and ceased operations in 2019. The indictment states the SBA and Lender 1 funded and later forgave the loans after false forgiveness applications. The charged wires include the second draw application on May 18, 2021 and the initial and second loan forgiveness applications on September 16, 2021.

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