United States v. Lindsley Chambers Jr. — Plea Agreement, Southern District of Florida (Document 162)

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A plea agreement in United States v. Lindsley Chambers Jr, Case No. 0:25-cr-60273-PCH, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, entered on the docket March 19, 2026 as Document 162. The defendant agrees to plead guilty to Count 1, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud under Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349, and Count 42, aggravated identity theft under Section 1028A(a)(1). The United States Attorney's Office agrees to seek dismissal of the remaining counts after sentencing. The parties will jointly recommend a base offense level of 7, a loss of more than $1,500,000 and less than $3,500,000, and increases for 10 or more victims and for unauthorized or counterfeit access devices. The defendant stipulates to restitution of $1,670,954 jointly and severally with co-defendants, agrees to forfeiture and waives most appeal rights.

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Case 0:25-cr-60273-PCH Document 162 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/19/2026 Page 1 of 7




                                 UM TED STA TES D ISTRICT CO UR T
                                 SO UTH ERN DISTRICT O F FLO RIDA

                                    CASE N O .25-CR -60273-H UCK

    ITNITED STA TE S O F A M ERICA

    VS.

    LINDSLEY CH AM BERS JK
           D efendant.
                                                    /

                                        PLEA AG REENV NT

           n eUnitedStatesAttomey'sOfscefortheSouthernDistrictofFlorida(collectively,çtthis
    O& ce'')andLW DSLEY CHAMBERSJR (hereinaRerreferredtoastheçr efendlmt'')enterinto
    the follow ing agreem ent:

                   Defendr t ap ees to plead guilty to Count l and Cotmt 42 of the lndictm ent.

    Count 1chargesDefendantwith conspiracy to com m itbank fraud and wire gaud,in violation of

    Title 18,United StatesCode,Section 1349. Count42 chargesD efendnntwith aggravated identity

    theR,inviolationofTitle18,UnitedStatesCode,Section 1028A(a)(1).
                   n is Offk e agreesto seek dism issalofthe remaining countsofthe Indictm ent,as

    to thisDefendnntonly,aftersentencing.

                   D efendantisaw arethatthesentencewillbeim posed by theCourtaAerconsidering

    the advisory FederalSentencing Guidelines and Policy Statements (hereinaAer tçsentencing
    Guidelines'). DefendantacknowledgesandunderstandsthattheCourtwillcomputeanadvisory
    sentence underthe Sentencing Guidelinesand thatthe applicableguidelinesw illbedetermined by

    the Court,relying in parton the results ofa pre-sentence hw estigation by the Court's probation
    offce,w hich investigation willcom m ence after the gtzilty plea hasbeen entered. D efendantis
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    also aware that,tmdercertain circum stances,the Courtm ay departfrom the advisory sentencing

    guideline range that ithas com puted,and m ay raise or lower that advisory sentence tmder the

    Sentencing Guidelines. D efendantis furtheraware and understandsthatthe Courtisrequired to

    consider the advisory guideline range determ ined under the Sentencing Guidelines,but is not

    bound to im posea sentence within thatadvisory range;theCourtisperm itted to tailortheultim ate

    sentence in lightofotherstatutory concem s,and such sentence m ay be eitherm ore severe orless

    severe than the Sentencing Guidelines' advisory range. Know ing these facts, D efendant

    understandsand acknowledgesthatthe Courthasthe authority to im pose any sentence within and

    up to the statutory m axim um authorized by 1aw forthe offensesidentified in parav aph 1 and that

    Defendantm ay notw ithdraw theplea solely asaresultofthe sentenceim posed.

           4.     Defendantalso understands and acknowledges that,as to Count 1,the Courtm ay

    imposeastatutorymaximum term ofimprisonmentofuptotll1
                                                        'rty(30)years,followedbyaterm
    ofsupervisedreleaseofuptotive(5)years. Inadditiontoaterm ofimprisonmentandsupervised
    release,theCourtmayimposeafmeofup to $1,000,000ortwicethegrosspecuniarygain orloss,
    whicheverisp eater,and may orderforfeiture and restitution. Asto Cotmt42,the Courtmust

    imposeasentenceoftwo (2)years'imprisonment,which shallrun consecutiveto any term of
    im prisonm entim posed for Count 1,and m ay also im pose a term ofsupervised release up to one

    (1)yearandafineofupto$250,000.
           5.      Defendantfurtherunderstands and acknow ledges that,in addition to any sentence

    imposedunderparagraph 4 ofthisagreement,aspecialassessm entintheamountof$200willbe
    im posed on D efendant. D efendant ap ees thatany specialassessm entim posed shallbe paid at

    the tim e of sentencing. If D efendant is financially unable to pay the special assessm ent,


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    D efendantap ees to presentevidence to thisOflice and the Courtatthe tim e ofsentencing asto

    thereasons forDefendant'sfailure to pay.

                  This O m ce reserves the rightto inform the Courtand the probation office ofall

    factspertinentto the sentencingprocess,including a1lrelevantinform ation concem ing theoffenses

    com m itted,whethercharged ornot,mswellasconcerning Defendantand Defendrmt'sbackp ound.

    Subjectonly totheexpresstermsofanyagreed-upon sentencingrecommendationscontainedin
    thisav eem ent,thisO ffk efurtherreservestherighttom ake mly recom m endation asto thequality

    and quantity ofptm ishm ent.

                  This Om ce av ees thatitwillrecom m end atsentencing thatthe Courtreduce by

    two(2)levelsthesentencingguidelinelevelapplicabletoDefendant'soffense,pursuanttoSection
    3E1.1(a)oftheSentencing Guidelines,baseduponDefendant'srecognitionandafflrmativeand
    tim ely acceptnnce of personalresponsibility. If atthe tim e of sentencing Defendant's offense

    levelis determined to be 16 orr eater,thisO ftice w illfile am otion requesting an additionalone

    (1) level decremse pm sllant to Section 3E1.14b) ofthe Sentencing Guidelines,stating that
    Defendant has assisted authorities in the investigation or prosecution of Defendant's own

    m isconduct by tim ely notifying authorities of Defendant's intention to enter a plea of guilty,

    i ereby perm itting thegovem m entto avoid preparing fortrialand perm itting the govem m entand

    the Courtto allocate their resources eftk iently. This Oflice,however,willnot be required to

    makethismotionifDefendnnt:(1)failsorreftzsestomakeafull,accurate,andcompletediscloslzre
    totheprobationoftkeofthecirozmstancessurroundingtherelevantoffenseconduct;(2)isfound
    tohavemisrepresented factstothegovernmentpriortoenteringintothispleaagreement;or(3)
    com m its any m isconduct aRer entering into tlais plea agreem ent,including,butnot lim ited to,
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    com m itting a stateorfederaloffense,violating any term ofrelease,orm aking false statem entsor

    m isrepresentationsto any governm entalentity orofficial.

                  n isOffice and Defendantagree that,although notbinding on theprobation om ce

    orthe Court,they willjointly recommend thatthe Courtmake the following findings and
    conclusionsasto the sentenceto be imposed:

                  (a) Thatthebaseoffenselevelis7,pursuanttoSection2B1.1(a)(1);
                  (b) n attherelevantamountofactual,probable,orintended lossunderSection
                       281.10941) of the Sentencing Guidelines resulting from the offense
                       committed in this case is more th= $1,500,000 and lessth= $3,500,000,

                       resultinginarlincreaseof16levelspursuanttoSection281.1(19(1)41)9
                  (c) n attheoffensehwolved 10 ormorevictims,resulting in an incre%eof2
                       levelspursuanttoSection2B1.1(b)(2)(A)(i);and
                  (d) Thattheoffenseinvolved theproductionorkaffcking ofany tmauthorized
                       accessdevice or counterfeitaccessdevice,resulting in an incremse of2 levels

                       pursuantto2B1.1@)(11)(B).
           9.     D efendant is aware thatthe sentence has notyetbeen determ ined by the Court.

    D efendant also is aware that any estim ate of the probable sentencing range or sentence that

    Defendantm ay receive,whether thatestim ate com es 9om Defendant's attom ey,this Om ce,or

    the probation office,isa prediction,nota prom ise,and isnotbinding on thisO m ce,theprobation

    offk e,orthe Court. Defendnnttm derstands and acknowledges,aspreviously acknowledged in

    parav aph 3 above,thatDefendantm ay notw ithdraw hispleabased upon the Court'sdecision not




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    to accepta sentencing recom m endation m ade by D efendant,this Office,or a recom mendation

    madejointlybyDefendantandthisOftice.
                  D efendantagrees,in an individualand any othercapacity,to forfeitto the United

    States voltm tarily and imm ediately a1lproperty,realor personal,that constitutes or is derived,

    directly orindirectly,9om p ossproceedskaceableto the com m ission ofthe offense,pursuantto

    18 U.S.C.j 982(a)(2)(A). In addition, Defendant agrees to forfeiture of substitute property
    pursuantto21U.S.C.9853û9.
                  D efendant also agrees to mssist the United States in a11 proceedings, whether

    adminiskativeorjudicial,involving theforfeituretotheUnited Statesofdirectly forfeitableor
    substim te mssets. Thisassistanceshallinclude'
                                                 . disclosing w ithin 14 calendardaysin a Financial

    Disclosure Statem entprovided by this Om ce the existence,nam re and location of a11assets in

    which the defendant hms or had any direct or indirect financial interest or conkol, any assets

    involved in the offense ofconviction,and those held by a spouse,nom inee,or other third party;

    txking al1steps necessary to locate assets,w herever located;agreeing to the entry of an order

    enjoiningthetransferorencllmbranceofassets;kansferringassetstotheUnitedStatesbydelivery
    to thisOfficcany necessary and appropriate docum entation to delivergood and m arketabletitle to

    mssets;liquidating assets, or completing any task w hich w ill result in a paym ent tow ards the

    forfeituremoneyjudgment;andnotcontestingorimpedinginanywaywithanycriminal,civilor
    adm inistrative forfeiture proceeding concem ing the fodkiture.

                  D efendant agrees that forfeiture is independent of any assessm ent, fine, cost,

    restitution,orpenalty thatm ay be imposed by the Court.D efendlntfurther ap eesto w aive:any

    constimtional,legal,andequitableclaim ordefensetotheforfeitureofassetsin anyjudicialor

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    administrative proceeding;any applicable time limits foradminiskative orjudicialforlkiture
    proceedings;any claim ordefense underthe ExcessiveFinesClause ofthe Eighth Am endm entto

    the U nited States Constitution;the requirem ents ofFed.R.Crim .P.32.2;and any appealofthe

    forfeiture. D efendant understlm ds thatthis plea agreem ent shall serve as a withdrawal ofany

    pending adm inistrative forfeiture claim .

            13.    Defendanttm derstandsand acu owledgesthatthe Courtmustorderrestim tion for

    the fullamotmtofthevictims'lossespursuantto 18 U.S.C.j 3663A. Defendantstipulatesand
    agreesthathe owesrestitutionjointly and severally with hisco-defendantsin the amountof
    $1,670,954.
                   Defendantis aware thatTitle 28,United States Code,Section 1291 and Title 18,

    U rlited States Code,Section 3742 afford Defendantthe rightto appealthe sentence im posed in

    this case. Acknow ledging this,in exchange for the undertakings m ade by the U nited States in

    thisplea ar eem ent,Defendimthereby waivesa11rightsconferred by Sections 1291 and 3742 to

    appealany sentenceim posed,including any restitution order,orto appealthem nnnerin which the

    sentence wa.
               s im posed,tmless the sentence exceeds the m axim um perm itted by statute or is the

    resultofan upw ard departure and/oran upward variance from the advisory guideline range that

    the Courtestablishesatsentencing. Defendantfurtherunderstandsthatnothing in thisap eem ent

    shallaffectthe governm ent's right and/or duty to appealas setforth in Title 18,United States

    Code,Section37421)andTitle28,UnitedStatesCode,Section 1291. However,iftheUnited
    StatesappealsDefendant'ssentencepursuanttoSections3742(b)and 1291,Defendantshallbe
    rele% ed 9om the above w aiver of his rightto appeal his sentence. Defendnnt fnrther hereby

    w aivesa1lrights conferred by Title28,United States Code,Section 1291 to assertany claim that


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    (1)thestatuteto whichDefendantispleading guiltyislmconstitutional;and/or(2)theadmitted
    conductdoes notfallwithin the scope ofthe statute ofconviction. By signing this agreem ent,
    D efendant acknow ledges that D efendant has discussed the appeal w aiver set forth in this

    ap eem ent w ith D efendant's attom ey. Defendant further agrees,together w ith this Office,to

    requestthatthe Courtenter a specifc fm ding thatD efendant'sw aiver ofhisrightto appealthe

    septenceimposed inthiscaseandhisrightto appealhisconviction in themnnnerdescribedabove

    wasknowing and voluntary.
           15.    n isistheentireagreementandunderstandingbetweenthisOfficeand Defendant.

    n ere m'
           e no otheragreem ents,prom ises,representations,orunderstnndings.


                                               JASON A.REDW G QUIRONES
                                               U NITED STATES ATTO RNEY


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                                               A SS T T lTE STATES A TTORN EY


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