Information — No. 2:22-cr-00371 (Dkt. 1, C.D. Cal.)

Summary

An Information filed August 16, 2022 as Document 1 in United States v. Mateus Pina Mendes, No. 2:22-cr-00371-PA, 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 May 2020 through around March 2021 the defendant, claiming to own Multi One Media, CuratedHigh, LLC, Wakeover, Corner the Market and Made in One, 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 $184,690.67, the defendant received $143,283.67, and proceeds were used to buy cryptocurrency and gold coins. The charged wire is a transfer of approximately $20,500 in PPP proceeds on or about July 29, 2020.

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