Order — No. 7:23-cr-00662 (Dkt. 187, S.D.N.Y.)

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An order in United States v. Glenroy Walker, No. S4 23-CR-662 (CS), in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, filed February 28, 2025 as Document 187 (9 pages), with the signature block of Judge Cathy Seibel. It attaches a draft Voir Dire Form and a draft case summary that the Court proposes to use for jury selection, with objections to be raised at the final pre-trial conference on March 7, 2025. The draft case summary describes five counts alleging wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering, a monetary transaction in criminally derived property and aggravated identity theft in connection with Paycheck Protection Program loan applications, and states that the defendant has pleaded not guilty.

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Case 7:23-cr-00662-CS Document 187 Filed 02/28/25 Page 1 of 9

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ORDER
v.
No. S4 23-CR-662 (CS)
GLENROY WALKER,

Defendant.
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CATHY SEIBEL, United States District Judge:

Attached to this Order is: (1) a draft of the Voir Dire Form the Court proposes to use for

jury selection; and (2) a draft of the case summary the Court proposes to provide to the

venire. Objections, if any, shall be raised at the final pre-trial conference to be held on March 7,

2025. Mr. Gold is directed to supply a copy of this Order and the attachments to Mr. Walker.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 28, 2025
White Plains, New York
________________________________
CATHY SEIBEL, U.S.D.J.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
No. S4 23-CR-662 (CS)
v.
VOIR DIRE FORM
GLENROY WALKER,

Defendant.
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CATHY SEIBEL, United States District Judge

QUESTIONS FOR POTENTIAL JURORS

Please indicate if your answer to any of the following questions is “yes.” If you would
prefer not to give your answer in open court, please say so, and we will take your answer in
private.

PART I

1. Do you have any hesitation or unwillingness to accept and follow the rules of law that I
have already stated? You must apply the law as I explain it even if you disagree with it.
Would you have any difficulty following that instruction?

2. Do you have any personal knowledge of the charges in the Indictment as I have described
them? As I mentioned, the Indictment is simply a document containing the charges the
Government is required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. It is not evidence and
cannot be considered as evidence. Will you have any difficulty following that
instruction?

3. Have you seen, heard, or read anything about this case or the Defendant? [If so, please
just say “yes” and I will ask you to tell me and the parties about what you have seen, read
or heard in private, so that it does not influence any of the other prospective jurors.]

4. As I mentioned, the charges in this case involve alleged wire fraud, conspiracy to commit
wire fraud, money laundering, engaging in a monetary transfer of the proceeds of wire
fraud, and identity theft. The Indictment alleges that these offenses all related to a
scheme to obtain money from banks by submitting fraudulent applications for Paycheck
Protection Program (“PPP”) loans guaranteed by the United States Small Business
Administration (“SBA”). Is there anything about the nature of these charges that would
cause you to be unable to serve as a fair and impartial juror in this case?

5. Do you believe that the kinds of actions charged in this case should not be crimes, or that
the laws governing these kinds of crimes should not be enforced, or that the federal
government should not prosecute such cases? As to any of the offenses, do you have

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policy or other views that would make it difficult for you to follow my instructions on the
law and to base your verdict solely on the evidence in this case?

6. You will hear evidence in this case about COVID-relief loans, including PPP loans and
Economic Injury Disaster Loans (“EIDL”), which were offered by the SBA. Do you
have any familiarity with these COVID-relief loan programs? Do you have an opinion
about the PPP, EIDL or SBA that might prevent you from being fair and impartial in this
case? Do you have any opinions concerning federal, state or local governments’
responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, or the COVID-19 pandemic more generally, that
would affect your ability to serve as a fair and impartial juror in this case?

7. Have you, or has a close relative or friend, ever applied for or received any COVID-relief
loans or grants, including through the PPP or EIDL program? Would anything about that
experience prevent you from being a fair and impartial juror in this case?

8. Have you, or has a close relative or friend, ever worked for or had any association with
the SBA? If so, in what capacity? Would anything about that employment or association
cause you to be unable to render a fair and impartial verdict in this case?

9. Have you, or has any close relative or friend, had any experience, directly or indirectly,
with identity theft or fraud? Would anything about that experience prevent you from
being a fair and impartial juror in this case?

10. Have you, or has a close relative or friend, ever worked for a bank or other lending
institution in a position related to business loans or fraud detection? Would anything
about that experience prevent you from being a fair and impartial juror in this case?

11. This case will be prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern
District of New York and was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(“FBI”). Have you, or has a close relative or friend, ever worked for or had any
association with any of these entities? If so, in what capacity? Would anything about
that employment or association prevent you from being a fair and impartial juror in this
case?

12. Have you, through some experience or in any other way, developed a bias or strong
feeling for or against the United States Government, the United States Attorney’s Office,
the FBI, or any federal, state or local law enforcement agency, or law enforcement
personnel in general?

13. Have you, or has a close relative or friend, ever held a position in law enforcement or the
courts? If so, when and in what capacity? Is there anything about that employment that
would prevent you from being a fair and impartial juror in this case?

14. Do you, in the course of your employment or otherwise, ever have dealings with law
enforcement or court personnel? If so, what types of dealings? Would anything about
those dealings prevent you from being a fair and impartial juror in this case?

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15. Some of the evidence in this case may be in the form of searches conducted by law
enforcement officials. The use of this evidence is lawful and properly presented at trial.
Do you have any opinions about this kind of evidence that would make it difficult for you
to be a fair and impartial juror in this case?

16. You may hear testimony in this case from federal agents or other law enforcement
personnel. The law is that the testimony of a law enforcement officer is not entitled to
any greater or lesser weight, by virtue of the witness’s position, than the testimony of any
other witness. Would you have any difficulty following that instruction?

17. You may hear evidence that individuals other than the Defendant were involved in the
activities with which he is charged. Those other individuals are not on trial here. You
are not to speculate about why that is. Would evidence about activities by people not on
trial here prevent you from fairly evaluating whether the Government has proven its case
against the Defendant?

18. Under our laws, guilt is personal and there is no such thing as guilt by association.
Would you have any difficulty following the instruction that one person cannot be found
guilty simply because he may associate with someone else who may have committed a
crime?

19. As I mentioned earlier, a Defendant need not testify or produce evidence, and if he does
not, that fact cannot be held against him or considered by the jury in any way. Whether
or not a Defendant chooses to testify or produce evidence, every Defendant is presumed
innocent, and the burden of proof is always on the Government to prove the charges
beyond a reasonable doubt. Will you have any difficulty accepting and following these
rules?

20. Now I’m going to introduce you to the parties and the lawyers. As you have already
heard, there is one Defendant in this case: Glenroy Walker. As I mentioned, Mr. Walker
is representing himself in this trial. He is assisted by standby counsel, Benjamin Gold.
The Government is represented here, as it is in all cases where it is a party before this
Court, by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Matthew
Podolsky. This trial will be in the immediate charge of Assistant United States Attorneys
Jeffrey Coffman and Jared Hoffman. They will be assisted by Teresa Leo, who is a
paralegal in the United States Attorney’s Office, and by Nathaniel Kearney and Phillip
Keane, who are FBI Special Agents. Do you know or know about any of the parties or
their teams, or have you had any dealings – personal or business – with them? To your
knowledge, have any of your relatives or friends ever been employed by or had dealings
– personal or business – with any of the parties, the attorneys, or the attorneys’ offices?

21. As I just mentioned, Mr. Walker has chosen to represent himself rather than being
represented by a lawyer. It is the Defendant’s constitutional right to represent himself. Is
there anything about the Defendant’s decision to represent himself that would impair
your ability to render a fair and impartial verdict in this case?

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22. While the Defendant has decided to represent himself, the Court has appointed Mr. Gold
as standby counsel to assist the Defendant if he wants any help from or has any questions
for a lawyer during the course of the trial. It is up to Mr. Walker to decide whether and
when to consult with his standby counsel. Will anything about how Mr. Walker may or
may not choose to consult with standby counsel affect your ability to be fair and impartial
in this case?

23. Below is a list of people, entities, and places – beyond those mentioned above – that may
be mentioned at trial. Do you know or have you heard of any of the people or entities, or
are you familiar with any of the places? Under what circumstances?

People and Entities

• [Placeholder for names to be provided by the parties]
Places

• 61 Emerson Avenue, New Rochelle, NY
• 1113 East 214th Street, Bronx, NY.
• [Placeholder to confirm there are no other places to mention]

24. Have you, or has a close relative or friend, either as an individual or in the course of
business, ever been a party to any legal action or dispute with the United States
Government, or with any of the officers, departments, agencies, or employees of the
United States Government? Have you had any legal, financial, or other interest in any
such legal action or dispute, or its outcome? Would anything about that experience
prevent you from being a fair and impartial juror in this case?

25. Have you, or has a close relative or friend, ever been charged with a crime? If so, when
and what were the circumstances? What was the ultimate outcome of the situation?
Would anything about that experience prevent you from being a fair and impartial juror
in this case?

26. Have you, or has a close relative or friend, ever been the subject of any investigation or
accusation by any federal or state grand jury, or been questioned by law enforcement, a
grand jury, or a governmental agency or commission? If so, what were the
circumstances? Would anything about that experience prevent you from being a fair and
impartial juror in this case?

27. Have you, or has a close relative or friend, ever been the victim of a crime? If so, what
were the circumstances? Would anything about that experience prevent you from being a
fair and impartial juror in this case?

28. Have you, or has a close relative or friend, ever been a plaintiff, a defendant, a
complainant or a witness in a state or federal court case, whether civil or criminal? If so,
what kind of case? What was your, or your relative or friend’s, involvement? Is there

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anything about that experience that might make it difficult for you to be fair and impartial
in this case?

29. Have you ever served as a juror in any court? When and in what court? Was it a civil or
criminal case? Without telling us what the verdict was, did the jury reach a verdict in that
case? Have you ever served as a grand juror?

30. Have you, or has a close relative or friend, ever studied or practiced law, or worked in a
law office or for a private investigator? If so, did you or did the relative or friend work
on any criminal or banking matters? Is there anything about that experience that might
make it difficult for you to be fair and impartial in this case? If you are selected for this
jury, you are to decide the case according to the law as I explain it, and not according to
what you think the law should be, or what you might have learned in the course of your
employment or education. Would you have difficulty following that instruction?

31. Do you have any reservations about discussing your opinions with other people or about
sitting in judgment of others?

32. Do you have any problem with your hearing or vision that would prevent you from
giving your attention to all of the evidence at this trial?

33. Do you have any difficulty in understanding or reading English?

34. Do you have any medical problem, are you taking any medication, or do you suffer from
any condition that might interfere with your service as a juror in this case or make it
difficult for you to give the case your full attention?

35. It would be improper for you to consider any personal feelings you may have about the
race, religion, gender, national origin, sex, sexual orientation or age of the Defendant or
any witness in the case. Would you have any difficulty putting aside any feelings,
whether positive or negative, based on those considerations?

36. Until this case is over, you must avoid reading about this case in the newspaper, or on the
internet or social media, and must avoid listening to any television or radio reports
concerning the case, should there be any. Will you have any difficulty following that
instruction?

37. I have tried to direct your attention through my questioning to possible reasons why you
might not be able to sit as a fair and impartial juror. But only you know whether there is
some other matter that I did not mention that I should have asked about. I am going to
ask you to take your own knowledge of yourself, including your beliefs and attitudes, and
then put yourself in the position of the lawyers, the Court, and the parties. If you were
sitting in the place of the lawyers, the Government, or the Defendant, or if you were in
my position, is there any reason why you think a juror like yourself could not be fair and
impartial in this case? Can you think of any other matter we have not covered that may
have some bearing on your qualifications or fairness as a juror? Do you have any doubt
as to your ability to serve conscientiously, fairly, and impartially in this case and to
render a true and just verdict, according to the law and the evidence?

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PART II

1. Where were you born? Where did you grow up?

2. Where do you live? [Provide your county and your village, town or city, but not your
street address.]

3. How long have you lived there? If less than five years, where did you live before that?

4. How far did you go in school?

5. What sort of work do you do, for how long have you done it, and what have you
previously done for work? If retired, what sort of work did you do before retirement?

6. Are there other adults in your household? If so, what do they do? If retired, what did
they do before to retirement?

7. Do you have children? How old are they? If grown, what do they do?

8. Have you or has any member of your immediate family served in the armed forces?
Which branch? Was that as a young person or as a career?

9. Which newspapers, magazines or websites do you regularly read? To which radio
stations, podcasts, and television shows do you regularly tune in? Are you on any social
media platforms (Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, etc.)?

10. What do you like to do in your free time?

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SUMMARY OF CASE

So that you can understand the reason for the questions I’ll be

asking you, I want to tell you briefly about the charges in this case,

which appear in a document called an Indictment. The indictment is not

evidence of anything; it is only the paper that contains the charges that

the Government is required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. I’ll be

giving detailed instructions about the charges before the jury deliberates.

For now, I’m giving you this brief summary just so you will have the

charges in mind as we go through jury selection.

This is a criminal case. There is one defendant: Glenroy Walker.

He is charged with five counts. All five arise from an alleged scheme to

obtain money from banks by submitting fraudulent applications for

Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans guaranteed by the United

States Small Business Administration (“SBA”). Count One charges that

between about July 2020 and February 2022, Mr. Walker and others

conspired, which simply means agreed, to commit wire fraud relating to

this alleged scheme. Count Two charges Mr. Walker with actually

committing wire fraud in the same time frame, alleging that he

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participated in the scheme to defraud by knowingly submitting

fraudulent applications for PPP loans using interstate wires such as the

internet. Count Three charges him with committing money laundering

in that same time frame, by conducting financial transactions involving

the proceeds of the charged wire fraud, knowing that the transaction was

designed to conceal and disguise the nature, location, source, ownership,

and control of those proceeds. Count Four charges Mr. Walker with

knowingly engaging and attempting to engage in a monetary transaction

in criminally derived property of a value or more than $10,000, alleging

that on May 7, 2021, he withdrew from a checking account $30,000 that

was proceeds of the charged wire fraud. Count Five charges Mr. Walker

with aggravated identity theft, alleging that from about July 2020

through May 2022, he knowingly used other people’s identifying

information, without lawful authority, in furtherance of the conspiracy

and wire fraud offenses charged in Counts One and Two.

Defendant has pleaded not guilty to all five counts. The question

to be decided at this trial is whether the Government can prove one or

more of these counts against the Defendant beyond a reasonable doubt.

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