Opinion — No. 2:22-cr-00852 (Dkt. 72, D.N.J.)

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An unpublished opinion in United States of America v. John Jhong, Criminal Action No. 22-852 (SDW), in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, dated and filed June 30, 2025 as Document 72, by District Judge Susan D. Wigenton. It denies Jhong's pro se motions for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), finding no extraordinary and compelling reasons, a failure to exhaust for the Fourth Motion, and that the § 3553(a) factors weigh against release. The opinion recounts a December 22, 2022 guilty plea to bank fraud, money laundering and misuse of a social security number, and a November 15, 2023 sentence of thirty-six months with $2,127,390.91 in restitution. It also dismisses Jhong's motion to reduce restitution to $1,887,256.09 over the amount of an EIDL loan, noting that Jhong explicitly agreed to pay $2,127,391.00 in restitution.

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