Judgment in a Criminal Case — United States v. Raymond Marcellous Blair, District of Montana (Document 51)

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A judgment in a criminal case in United States v. Raymond Marcellous Blair, Case Number CR 24-86-GF-BMM-1, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, Great Falls Division, imposed March 11, 2026 by Chief Judge Brian Morris and filed March 12, 2026 as Document 51. Blair is adjudicated guilty on Counts 1, 2 and 3: wire fraud under Title 18 U.S.C. § 1343 and money laundering under Title 18 U.S.C. § 1957, with criminal forfeiture. The court imposed 5 years' probation on each count, to run concurrently, with special conditions including financial disclosure and searches on reasonable suspicion. The monetary penalties are a $300.00 assessment and restitution of $112,671.66, to be disbursed to SBA/DFC, with interest on restitution waived.

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Case 4:24-cr-00086-BMM Document 51 Filed 03/12/26 Page 1 of 6

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MONTANA GREAT FALLS DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA JUDGMENT IN A CRIMINAL CASE

v.
Case Number: CR 24-86-GF-BMM-1
RAYMOND MARCELLOUS BLAIR USM Number: 56793-511
Clark Mathews
Defendant’s Attorney

THE DEFENDANT:
‫ ܈‬pleaded guilty to count(s) 1-3 of the Indictment
pleaded guilty to count(s) before a U.S.
‫ ܆‬Magistrate Judge, which was accepted by the
court.
pleaded nolo contendere to count(s) which was
‫ ܆‬accepted by the court
was found guilty on count(s) after a plea of not
‫ ܈‬guilty Counts 1, 2 and 3

The defendant is adjudicated guilty of these offenses:
Title & Section / Nature of Offense Offense Ended Count
18:1343.F WIRE FRAUD; Title 18 U.S.C. § 1343 06/18/2023 1
18:1957-4999.F MONEY LAUNDERING; Title 18 U.S.C. § 1957. CRIMINAL FORFEITURE 2 and 3
Title 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(l)(C); 28 U.S.C. § 2461(c); and 18 U.S.C. § 982(a)(l)

The defendant is sentenced as provided in pages 2 through of this judgment. The sentence is imposed pursuant
to the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984.

‫ ܆‬The defendant has been found not guilty on count(s)
‫ ܆‬Count(s) ‫ ܆‬is ‫܆‬are dismissed on the motion of the United States

It is ordered that the defendant must notify the United States attorney for this district within 30 days of any change of name,
residence, or mailing address until all fines, restitution, costs, and special assessments imposed by this judgment are fully paid. If
ordered to pay restitution, the defendant must notify the court and United States attorney of material changes in economic
circumstances.

March 11, 2026
Date of Imposition of Judgment

Signature of Judge

Brian Morris, Chief Judge
United States District Court
Name and Title of Judge

March 12, 2026
Date
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DEFENDANT: RAYMOND MARCELLOUS BLAIR
CASE NUMBER: CR 24-86-GF-BMM-1

PROBATION
The defendant is hereby sentenced to probation for a term of: 5 years’ probation on Counts 1, 2, and 3 to run concurrently.
.
MANDATORY CONDITIONS

1. You must not commit another federal, state or local crime.
2. You must not unlawfully possess a controlled substance.
3. You must refrain from any unlawful use of a controlled substance. You must submit to one drug test within 15 days of
release from imprisonment and at least two periodic drug tests thereafter, as determined by the court.

‫ ܆‬The above drug testing condition is suspended, based on the court's determination that you pose a low risk of
future substance abuse. (check if applicable)
4. ‫܈‬ You must cooperate in the collection of DNA as directed by the probation officer. (check if applicable)
5. ‫ ܆‬You must comply with the requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (34 U.S.C. § 20901, et
seq.) as directed by the probation officer, the Bureau of Prisons, or any state sex offender registration agency in which
you reside, work, are a student, or were convicted of a qualifying offense. (check if applicable)
6. ‫ ܆‬You must participate in an approved program for domestic violence. (check if applicable)
7. ‫ ܆‬You must make restitution in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §§ 2248, 2259, 2264, 2327, 3663, 3663A, and 3664. (check if
applicable)
8. ‫ ܆‬You must pay the assessment imposed in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 3013.
9. ‫ ܆‬If this judgment imposes a fine, you must pay in accordance with the Schedule of Payments sheet of this judgment.
10. ‫ ܆‬You must notify the court of any material change in your economic circumstances that might affect your ability to pay
restitution, fines, or special assessments.

You must comply with the standard conditions that have been adopted by this court as well as with any additional
conditions on the attached page.
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DEFENDANT: RAYMOND MARCELLOUS BLAIR
CASE NUMBER: CR 24-86-GF-BMM-1

STANDARD CONDITIONS OF PROBATION
As part of your probation, you must comply with the following standard conditions of supervision. These conditions are imposed
because they establish the basic expectations for your behavior while on supervision and identify the minimum tools needed by
probation officers to keep informed, report to the court about, and bring about improvements in your conduct and condition.

1. You must report to the probation office in the federal judicial district where you are authorized to reside within 72 hours of your
release from imprisonment, unless the probation officer instructs you to report to a different probation office or within a different time
frame.
2. After initially reporting to the probation office, you will receive instructions from the court or the probation officer about how and
when you must report to the probation officer, and you must report to the probation officer as instructed.
3. You must not knowingly leave the federal judicial district where you are authorized to reside without first getting permission from
the court or the probation officer.
4. You must answer truthfully the questions asked by your probation officer.
5. You must live at a place approved by the probation officer. If you plan to change where you live or anything about your living
arrangements (such as the people you live with), you must notify the probation officer at least 10 days before the change. If notifying
the probation officer in advance is not possible due to unanticipated circumstances, you must notify the probation officer within 72
hours of becoming aware of a change or expected change.
6. You must allow the probation officer to visit you at any time at your home or elsewhere, and you must permit the probation officer
to take any items prohibited by the conditions of your supervision that he or she observes in plain view.
7. You must work full time (at least 30 hours per week) at a lawful type of employment, unless the probation officer excuses you from
doing so. If you do not have full-time employment you must try to find full-time employment, unless the probation officer excuses
you from doing so. If you plan to change where you work or anything about your work (such as your position or your job
responsibilities), you must notify the probation officer at least 10 days before the change. If notifying the probation officer at least 10
days in advance is not possible due to unanticipated circumstances, you must notify the probation officer within 72 hours of
becoming aware of a change or expected change.
8. You must not communicate or interact with someone you know is engaged in criminal activity. If you know someone has been
convicted of a felony, you must not knowingly communicate or interact with that person without first getting the permission of the
probation officer.
9. If you are arrested or questioned by a law enforcement officer, you must notify the probation officer within 72 hours.
10. You must not own, possess, or have access to a firearm, ammunition, destructive device, or dangerous weapon (i.e., anything that
was designed, or was modified for, the specific purpose of causing bodily injury or death to another person such as nunchakus or
tasers).
11. You must not act or make any agreement with a law enforcement agency to act as a confidential human source or informant
without first getting the permission of the court.
12. If the probation officer determines that you pose a risk to another person (including an organization), the probation officer may
require you to notify the person about the risk and you must comply with that instruction. The probation officer may contact the
person and confirm that you have notified the person about the risk.
13. You must follow the instructions of the probation officer related to the conditions of supervision.

U.S. Probation Office Use Only

A U.S. probation officer has instructed me on the conditions specified by the court and has provided me with a
written copy of this judgment containing these conditions. I understand additional information regarding these
conditions is available at https://www.mtp.uscourts.gov/post-conviction-supervision.

Defendant’s Signature Date
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DEFENDANT: RAYMOND MARCELLOUS BLAIR
CASE NUMBER: CR 24-86-GF-BMM-1

SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF PROBATION

1. While on supervision, you must fulfill all tax obligations in adherence to Internal Revenue Service
requirements.

2. You must apply all monies received from income tax refunds, lottery winnings, judgments, and/or any
other financial gains to outstanding court-ordered financial obligations.

3. You must provide the probation officer with any requested financial information. You must not incur new
lines of credit without prior approval of the probation officer. You must notify the probation officer of
any material changes in your economic circumstances that might affect your ability to pay court-ordered
financial obligations.

4. You must pay restitution in the amount of $112,671.66. You are to make payments at a rate as directed
by United States Probation. Payment shall be made to the Clerk, United States District Court, Missouri
River Courthouse, 125 Central Avenue West, Suite 110, Great Falls, Montana, 59404, and shall be
disbursed to: SBA/DFC, 721 19th Street, Third Floor, Room 301, Denver, Colorado, 80202.

5. You must participate in an outpatient program for mental health treatment as approved by the probation
officer. You must remain in the program until you are released by the probation officer in consultation
with the treatment provider. You must pay part or all of the costs of this treatment as directed by the
probation officer.

6. You must submit your person, residence, place of employment, vehicles, and papers, to a search, with or
without a warrant by any probation officer based on reasonable suspicion of contraband or evidence in
violation of a condition of release. Failure to submit to search may be grounds for revocation. You must
warn any other occupants that the premises may be subject to searches pursuant to this condition. You
must allow seizure of suspected contraband for further examination.

7. You must refrain from excessive use of alcohol. Excessive use of alcohol is defined by this Court as 0.08
BAC or above.

8. You must not purchase, possess, use, distribute or administer marijuana, including marijuana that is used
for recreational or medicinal purposes under state law.

9. You must not possess, ingest or inhale any psychoactive substances that are not manufactured for human
consumption for the purpose of altering your mental or physical state.
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DEFENDANT: RAYMOND MARCELLOUS BLAIR
CASE NUMBER: CR 24-86-GF-BMM-1

CRIMINAL MONETARY PENALTIES
The defendant must pay the total criminal monetary penalties under the schedule of payments.
Assessment JVTA AVAA Fine Restitution
Assessment** Assessment*
TOTALS $300.00 $0.00 $ 0.00 $.00 $112,671.66

‫܆‬ The determination of restitution is deferred until An Amended Judgment in a
Criminal Case (AO245C) will be entered after such determination.
The defendant must make restitution (including community restitution) to the following
‫܆‬ payees in the amount listed below.

If the defendant makes a partial payment, each payee shall receive an approximately proportioned payment. However, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
§ 3664(i), all nonfederal victims must be paid before the United States is paid.

‫ ܆‬Restitution amount ordered pursuant to plea agreement $
‫ ܆‬The defendant must pay interest on restitution and a fine of more than $2,500, unless the restitution or fine is paid in full before
the fifteenth day after the date of the judgment, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3612(f). All of the payment options on Sheet 6 may be
subject to penalties for delinquency and default, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3612(g).
‫܈‬ The court determined that the defendant does not have the ability to pay interest and it is ordered that:
‫ ܈‬the interest requirement is waived for the ‫ ܆‬fine ‫ ܈‬restitution
‫ ܆‬the interest requirement for the ‫ ܆‬fine ‫ ܆‬restitution is modified as follows:
*Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-299.
** Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015, Pub. L. No. 114-22.
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DEFENDANT: RAYMOND MARCELLOUS BLAIR
CASE NUMBER: CR 24-86-GF-BMM-1

SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS
Having assessed the defendant’s ability to pay, payment of the total criminal monetary penalties is due as follows:

A ‫ ܆‬Lump sum payments of $ due immediately, balance due

‫ ܆‬not later than , or

‫ ܆‬in accordance with ‫܆‬ C, ‫܆‬ D, ‫܆‬ E, or ‫܈‬ F below; or

B ‫ ܆‬Payment to begin immediately (may be combined with ‫܆‬ C, ‫܆‬ D, or ‫܆‬ F below); or

C ‫ ܆‬Payment in equal (e.g., weekly, monthly, quarterly) installments of $ over a period of
(e.g., months or years), to commence (e.g., 30 or 60 days) after the date of this judgment;
or

D ‫ ܆‬Payment in equal 20 (e.g., weekly, monthly, quarterly) installments of $ over a period of
(e.g., months or years), to commence (e.g., 30 or 60 days) after release from
imprisonment to a term of supervision; or

E ‫ ܆‬Payment during the term of supervised release will commence within (e.g., 30 or 60 days) after release
from imprisonment. The court will set the payment plan based on an assessment of the defendant’s ability to pay at that
time; or

F ‫ ܈‬Special instructions regarding the payment of criminal monetary penalties:
Special assessment shall be immediately due and payable. While incarcerated, criminal monetary penalty
payments are due during imprisonment at the rate of not less than $25 per quarter, and payment shall be
through the Bureau of Prisons’ Inmate Financial Responsibility Program. Criminal monetary payments shall be
made to the Clerk, United States District Court, Missouri River Courthouse, 125 Central Avenue West, Suite
110, Great Falls, MT 59404 or online at https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/790999918. Please see
www.mtd.uscourts.gov/criminal-debt for more information.

Unless the court has expressly ordered otherwise, if this judgment imposes imprisonment, payment of criminal monetary penalties is
due during imprisonment. All criminal monetary penalties, except those payments made through the Federal Bureau of Prisons’
Inmate Financial Responsibility Program, are made to the clerk of the court.

The defendant shall receive credit for all payments previously made toward any criminal monetary penalties imposed.

Joint and Several
See above for Defendant and Co-Defendant Names and Case Numbers (including defendant number), Total Amount, Joint and
Several Amount, and corresponding payee, if appropriate.

‫ ܆‬Defendant shall receive credit on his restitution obligation for recovery from other defendants who contributed to the same
loss that gave rise to defendant's restitution obligation.
‫܆‬ The defendant shall pay the cost of prosecution.
‫ ܆‬The defendant shall pay the following court cost(s):
‫ ܆‬The defendant shall forfeit the defendant’s interest in the following property to the United States:

Payments shall be applied in the following order: (1) assessment, (2) restitution principal, (3) restitution interest, (4) AVAA assessment, (5) fine
principal, (6) fine interest, (7) community restitution, (8) penalties, and (9) costs, including cost of prosecution and court costs.

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