Information — No. 4:21-cr-00555 (Dkt. 1)

Summary

A criminal information against Abdul Fatani in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, Case 4:21-cr-00555, filed November 22, 2021 as Document 1. Count One charges conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. § 371 to commit wire fraud, from in or around June 2020 until in or around October 2020. It alleges that a PPP loan application for Fatani's company Route 786 USA Inc., which Fatani knew had no employees, falsely stated its employees and payroll, and that approximately $511,250 was deposited on or about June 5, 2020. It alleges that a business associate directed Fatani to write checks to fake employees from the Route 786 account, and that Fatani provided approximately 50 checks to that associate, which facilitated the laundering of approximately $158,000.

Summary drafted by a model from the text of the original file linked on this page and checked by script against that text before publication. It is a navigation aid, not a reading of what the document proves. Where AI is used