Information — United States v. Eduard Gasparyan and Angela Karchyan, Central District of California

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An Information filed September 30, 2022 in United States v. Eduard Gasparyan and Angela Karchyan, CR No. 2:22-cr-00448-JLS, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, as Document 15. Count One charges both defendants with conspiracy to commit wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1349 from in or before 2020 through at least September 1, 2022. It alleges that co-conspirators stole victims' identities to apply for unemployment benefits and withdrew the benefits at ATMs, bought vehicles with worthless checks or bank account numbers, and rented vehicles in victims' names before presenting forged documents to the DMV. Count Two charges both defendants with aggravated identity theft under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1), citing use of a victim's name on April 24, 2021. The signature block names United States Attorney E. Martin Estrada.

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     Case 2:22-cr-00448-JLS    Document 15   Filed 09/30/22   Page 1 of 3 Page ID #:65



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 8                            UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
 9                   FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,               CR No. 2:22-cr-00448-JLS
11                    Plaintiff,             I N F O R M A T I O N
12                    v.                     [18 U.S.C. § 1349: Conspiracy
                                             to Commit Wire Fraud; 18 U.S.C.
13   EDUARD GASPARYAN,                       § 1028A(a)(1): Aggravated
       aka “Rudy Pineda,”                    Identity Theft]
14     aka “Papin Galstyan,” and
     ANGELA KARCHYAN,
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                      Defendants.
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18         The United States Attorney charges:
19                                     COUNT ONE
20                                 [18 U.S.C. § 1349]
21                                  [ALL DEFENDANTS]
22         Beginning in or before 2020, and continuing through at
23   least September 1, 2022, in Los Angeles County, within the
24   Central District of California, and elsewhere, defendants EDUARD
25   GASPARYAN, also known as (“aka”) “Rudy Pineda,” aka “Papin
26   Galstyan,” and ANGELA KARCHYAN conspired with one another and
27   others known and unknown to the United States Attorney to commit
28   wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code,
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 1   Section 1343.     The object of the conspiracy was carried out, and

 2   to be carried out, in substance, as follows:             Defendant

 3   GASPARYAN and his co-conspirators would steal the identities of

 4   victims and apply for unemployment benefits using their

 5   identifying information.       Defendants GASPARYAN and KARCHYAN

 6   would use the debit cards containing those fraudulently obtained

 7   benefits to withdraw cash at ATMs.         Defendants GASPARYAN and

 8   KARCHYAN and their co-conspirators would purchase vehicles in

 9   their own names and in the names of the identity-theft victims,

10   but would provide the sellers with worthless checks or bank

11   account numbers to purportedly pay for the vehicles.               Defendant

12   GASPARYAN and his co-conspirators would also rent vehicles in

13   the names of identity-theft victims and then cause the DMV to

14   remove the true owners from the registration for those vehicles

15   by presenting forged documents to the DMV.              Defendants GASPARYAN

16   and KARCHYAN and their co-conspirators used interstate wires to

17   defraud their victims throughout this conspiracy.

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 1                                    COUNT TWO

 2                            [18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1)]

 3                                [ALL DEFENDANTS]

 4         Beginning in or before 2020, and continuing through at

 5   least September 1, 2022, in Los Angeles County, within the

 6   Central District of California, and elsewhere, defendants EDUARD

 7   GASPARYAN, also known as (“aka”) “Rudy Pineda,” aka “Papin

 8   Galstyan,” and ANGELA KARCHYAN knowingly transferred, possessed,

 9   and used, without lawful authority, a means of identification of

10   another person, including the name of victim “Papin Galstyan” on

11   April 24, 2021, during and in relation to a felony violation of

12   Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349, Conspiracy to Commit

13   Wire Fraud, as charged in Count One of this Information, knowing

14   that the means of identification belonged to another actual

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                                   E. MARTIN ESTRADA
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                                   United States Attorney
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                                   SCOTT M. GARRINGER
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                                   Assistant United States Attorney
21                                 Chief, Criminal Division

22                                 RANEE A. KATZENSTEIN
                                   Assistant United States Attorney
23                                 Chief, Major Frauds Section
24                                 ANDREW BROWN
25                                 Assistant United States Attorney
                                   Major Frauds Section
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