Information — No. 3:21-cr-00144 (Dkt. 1, N.D. Cal.)

Summary

An Information filed April 8, 2021 as Document 1 in United States v. Ester Ozkar, aka Eser Ozkay, Case No. 3:21-cr-00144 SI, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division. COUNT ONE charges disaster relief fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1040(a)(2), alleging that on or about March 29, 2020, April 5, 2020 and April 7, 2020 the defendant knowingly made materially false statements to the Small Business Administration in multiple applications for Economic Injury Disaster Loans or Advances. It ties those benefits to the Presidential Disaster Declaration effective March 13, 2020 under 42 U.S.C. §5191(b) (2). The attached cover sheet lists maximum penalties of 30 years' imprisonment and a $250,000 fine, and the Information is signed by Assistant United States Attorney Maya Karwande.

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