Information — No. 1:24-cr-00050 (Dkt. 1, D.D.C.)

Summary

A criminal information filed by the United States Attorney against Zhong Chen, Case 1:24-cr-00050-CRC, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, filed January 26, 2024 as Document 1; Count One charges wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343. It alleges that Chen, sole owner of the Shanghai Tokyo Café restaurants in Washington, D.C. and College Park, Maryland, applied between approximately May 2020 and July 2021 for PPP and EIDL loans totaling approximately $964,843. It alleges Chen falsely certified that loan proceeds would be used only for business purposes while intending to move some to personal investment accounts for day trading, citing an application on or about January 27, 2021 for an approximately $91,736 PPP loan. The government will seek a forfeiture money judgment of $354,520.

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