Information — No. 2:22-cr-00370 (Dkt. 1, C.D. Cal.)

Summary

An Information filed August 16, 2022 as Document 1 in United States v. Ramiro Da Rosa Mendes, No. 2:22-cr-00370, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, charging wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343 with criminal forfeiture. It alleges that from around April 2020 through around August 2020 the defendant, claiming to own businesses including One Wilshire Enterprises, Professional Music Services, Synchrony Enterprises and MB Property Management Group, LLC, submitted PPP and EIDL applications with false employee, payroll and gross receipts figures and false tax documents. According to the Information, the applications sought approximately $6,708,963.33, the defendant received $2,228,302.65, and proceeds were used to buy cryptocurrency. The charged wire is a transfer of approximately $793,300 in PPP proceeds from Bank A on or about June 29, 2020.

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