Information — No. 1:22-cr-10167 (Dkt. 1, D. Mass.)

Summary

A criminal information against Joao Mendes in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Criminal No. 22cr10167, Case 1:22-cr-10167-MLW, filed July 21, 2022 as Document 1. Count One charges wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343. It alleges that beginning in or around June 2020 Mendes filed falsified EIDL and PPP applications on behalf of companies Mendes controlled, including MB Records, Inc. and Palonkon Publishing, Inc., with false employee and payroll figures and phony tax forms. Examples include a PPP loan of $173,182.50 from Cross River and an EIDL loan of approximately $114,900. The forfeiture allegation lists funds in Bybit, Hotbit, Kucoin and Phemex accounts in the name Joao Mendes, including 35 BTC, and the information is signed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Mackenzie A. Queenin and Trial Attorney Jennifer L. Bilinkas.

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