United States v. Vladimir Saint-Hilaire — Plea Agreement, Southern District of Florida (Document 90)

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A plea agreement between the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida and Vladimir Saint-Hilaire in Case 0:23-cr-60119-AHS, entered on the docket January 30, 2024. Saint-Hilaire agrees to plead guilty to Counts 1 and 23 of the Indictment, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud under Section 1349 and aggravated identity theft under Section 1028A(a)(1), with the remaining counts to be dismissed after sentencing. Count 23 carries a mandatory consecutive two (2) years. The parties jointly recommend a base offense level of 7, a 16-level increase for a loss of more than $1,500,000 and less than $3,500,000, other increases, and a 2-level decrease as a minor participant. Saint-Hilaire agrees to restitution of $3,097,825 jointly and severally with co-defendants Patrick Ductant and Kervens Saint-Hilaire.

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Case 0:23-cr-60119-AHS Document 90 Entered on FLSD Docket 01/30/2024 Page 1 of 6




                              UNITED STATES D ISTRICT CO URT
                              SOUTH ERN DISTR ICT OF FLOR IDA
                                FOR T LAUD ERD ALE DIW SION

                                CA SE NO .23-60019-CR -SIN GH AL

   UN ITED STATES O F AM ERICA

   VS.

    VLADIM IR SAIN T-H ILAIRE,

                                Defendant.


                                       PLEA AG REEM ENT

           TheUnited StatesAttorney'sOfficefortheSouthern DistrictofFlorida(collectively,ûEthis
    Office''land VladimirSaint-Hilaire(hereinafterreferred to astheGGDefendanf')enterintothe
    follow ing agreem ent:

                  The Defendantagrees to plead guilty to Counts 1and 23 ofthe Indictment,w hich

    countschargesthe Defendantwith conspiracy to com m itbank fraud and wire fraud,in violation

    ofTitlel8,UnitedStatesCode,Section1349(Count1),andaggravatedidentitytheft,inviolation
    ofTitle 18,United StatesCode,Section 1028A(a)(1)(Count23).
                  This Office agrees to seek dism issalofthe rem aining counts ofthe Indictm ent,as

    to thisDefendantonly,aftersentencing.

                  The Defendant is aware that the sentence w ill be im posed by the Courtafter

    considering the advisory Federal Srntencing Guidelines and Policy Statements (hereinafter
    ttsentencing Guidelines'). The Defendantacknowledgesand understands thatthe Courtwill
    compute an advisory sentence underthe Sentencing Guidelinesand thatthe applicable guidelines

    willbe determ ined by the Court,relying in parton the results ofa pre-sentence investigation by

    the Court's probation office,which investigation w illcom m ence afterthe guilty plea has been
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    entered. The Defendant is also aware that,under certain circumstances,the Courtm ay depart

    from the advisory sentencing guideline range that ithas com puted,and m ay raise or lower that

    advisory sentence under the Sentencing Guidelines. The Defendant is further aware and

    understandsthatthe Courtisrequired to considerthe advisory guideline range determ ined under

    the Sentencing Guidelines,butisnotbound to im pose a sentence w ithin thatadvisory range;the

    Courtis perm itted to tailorthe ultim ate sentence in light of other statutory concerns,and such

    sentence m ay be eitherm ore severeorlesssevere than the Sentencing Guidelines'advisory range.

    Knowingthesefacts,the Defendantunderstandsand acknowledgesthatthe Courthasthe authority

    to impose any sentence within and up to thestatutory m axim um authorized by law forthe offenses

    identified in paragraph 1 and thatthe Defendantmay notw ithdraw the plea solely as a resultof
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    the sentence im posed.

           4.     The Defendantalso understands and acknow ledges that,asto Count l,the Court

    mayimposeastatutorymaximum term ofimprisonmentofuptothirty(30)years,followedbya
    term ofsupervised releaseofup to five (5)years. In addition to aterm ofimprisonmentand
    supervised release,theCourtmay imposeafineofup to $1,000,000ortwicethe grosspecuniary
    gain orloss,whicheverisgreater,and m ay orderforfeiture and restitution. A sto Count23,the

    Courtmustimposeasentenceoftwo (2)years'imprisonment,which shallrun consecutivetoany
    term ofim prisonm entim posed forCount 1,and m ay also im posea term ofsupervised release up

    to one(1)yearandafineofup to$250,000.
           5.     The Defendant further understands and acknow ledges that, in addition to any

    sentenceimposedunderparagraph4ofthisagreement,aspecialassessmentintheamountof$200
    willbe im posed on the Defendant. The Defendantagreesthatany specialassessmentim posed


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    shallbe paid atthe time of sentencing. Ifthe Defendantis financially unable to pay the special

    assessm ent,the Defendantagrees to presentevidence to this Office and the Courtatthe tim e of

    sentencing asto the reasonsforthe Defendant'sfailureto pay.

                  This Office reserves the rightto inform the Courtand the probation office ofalI

    factspertinenttothesentencingprocess,includingaIIrelevantinformationconcerningtheoffenses

    comm itted,w hether charged or not,as wellas concerning the Defendant and the Defendant's

    background. Subjectonlytotheexpresstermsofanyagreed-uponsentencingrecommendations
    contained in thisagreement,thisOffice furtherreservesthe rightto m ake any recom m endation as

    to the quality and quantity ofpunishm ent.

                  This Office agrees that itw illrecomm end atsentencing thatthe Courtredtlce by

    two (2)levelsthesentencing guideline levelapplicableto theDefendant'soffense,pursuantto
    Section 3El.1(a) of the Sentencing Guidelines,based upon the Defendant's recognition and
    affirmativeand timely acceptanceofpersonalresponsibility. Ifatthetime ofsentenctng the
    Defendant'soffense levelisdeterm ined to be 16 orgreater,thisO fficew illfileam otion requesting

    anadditionalone(l)Ieveldecreasepursuantto Section3E1.1(b)ofthe Sentencing Guidelines,
    stating that the Defendant has assisted authorities in the investigation or prosecution of the

    Defendant'sow n m isconductby tim ely notifying authoritiesofthe Defendant's intention to enter

    a plea ofguilty,thereby perm itting the governmentto avoid preparing fortrialand perm itting the

    governm entand the Courtto allocate theirresourcesefticiently. ThisO ffice,however,w illnot

    berequiredto makethismotion iftheDefendant:(1)failsorrefusesto makea 1 11,accurate,and
    complete disclosure to the probation oftice ofthe circum stancessurrounding the relevantoffense

   conduct;(2)isfoundtohavemisrepresentedfactstothegovernmentpriortoentering intothisplea

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      agreement;or(3)commitsany misconductaûerentering intothispleaagreement,including,but
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      notIim ited to,com m itting a state orfederaloffense,violating any term ofrelease, ormaking false

      statem entsorm isrepresentationsto any governmentalentity orofticial.

             8.     ThisO ftice and the Defendant agree that,although notbinding on the probation

      ofticeortheCourt,theywilljointlyrecommendthattheCourtmakethefollowingfindingsand
      conclusionsasto thesentence to be im posed:

                    (a) Thatthebaseoffens! levelis7,pursuanttoSection 28l.1(a)(1);
                    (b) Thatthe relevantamountofadual,probable,orintended lossunderSection
                         2B1.l(b)(1) of the Sentencing Guidelines resulting from the èffense
                         corizm itted in this case ismore than $1,500,000 and lessthan $3,500,000,

                         resultinginanincreaseof16levelspursuanttoSection2B1.1(b)(1)(I);
                         Thatthe offense involved 10 or m ore victim s,resulting in an increase of 2

                         Ievelspursuantto Section 2B1.1(b)(2)(A)(i);
                    (d) Thattheoffendeinvolvedtheproduction ortraffickingofany unauthorized
                         accessdevice orcounterfeitaccess device,resulting in an increase of2 levels

                         pursuanttoSection2Bl.1(b)(2)(11)(B);and
                    (e) ThattheDefendantwasaminorparticipantinthecriminalactivity,resulting
                         inadecreaseof2 Ievelspursuantto Section38 1.2(b).
             9.     The Defendantisaw are thatthe sentence hasnotyetbeen determ ined by the Court.

      The Defendantalso is aware thatany estim ate ofthe probable sentencing range orsentence that

      the Defendant m ay receive,whether that estim ate com es from the Defendant's attorney, this

      Office,ortheprobation oftk e,isaprediction,notaprom ise,and isnotbinding on thisOffice, the
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    probation office, or the Court. The Defendant understands and acknowledges, as previously

    acknow ledged in paragraph 3 above,thattheDefendantmay notwithdraw hisplea based upon the

    Court'sdecision notto accepta sentencing recom m endation m ade by the Defendant,thisO ffice,

    orarecommendationmadejointlybytheDefendantandthisOffice.
           10.    The Defendant stipulates and agrees that he ow es restitution in the amount of

    $3,097,825jointlyandseverallywithco-defendantsPatrickDuctantandKervensSaint-ldilaire.
                  The Defendant is aware thatTitle 28,United States Code,Section l29l and Title

    18,United StatesCode,Section 3742afford theDefendanttherightto appealthe sentence im posed

    in thiscase. Acknow ledging this,in exchange forthe undertakingsm ade by the United States in

    thisplea agreement,the Defendanthereby waivesaIIrightsconferred by Sections l291and 3742

    to appealany sentence im posed,including any restitution order,orto appealthe m annerin w hich

    thesentence wasim posed,unlessthe sentenceexceedsthem axim um perm itted by statuteoristhe

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

    the Court establishes at sentencing. The Defendant further understands that nothing in this

    agreem entshallaffectthegovernment'srightand/orduty to appealassetforth in Title 18,United

    StatesCode,Section1742(b)andTitle28,United StatesCode,Section 129l. However,ifthe
    United States appeals the Defendant's sentence pursuantto Sections 3742(b)and 1291,the
    Defendant shallbe rele#sed from the above waiver of his right to appeal his sentence. The

    D efendantfurtherhereby waivesallrightsconferred byT itle28,United StatesCode,Section l291

    toassertanyclaim that(1)thestatutetowhichtheDefendantispleading guilty isunconstitutional'
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    and/or(2)theadmittedconductdoesnotfallwithin thescopeofthestatuteofconviction. By
    signing this agreem ent,the Defendantacknowledgesthatthe Defendanthasdiscussed the appeal
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   waiversetforth in this agreem entw ith the Defendant's attorney. The Defendantfurtheragrees,

   togetherw ith this Office,to requestthatthe Courtenter a specific finding thatthe Defendant's

   waiverofhisrightto appealthe sentence im posed inthiscaseand hisrightto appealhisconviction

   in the m annerdescribed abovew asknow ing and voluntary.

           12.    This is the entire agreem ent and understanding between this Office and the

   Defendant. There areno otheragreem ents,prom ises,representations,orunderstandings.


                                             M ARKEN ZY LA PO IN TE
                                             UNITED STATES AW ORN EY                 ,'


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                                             ASS STANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

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                                             ASSISTAN T FEDERA L PUBLIC DEFEN DER
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