United States v. Marlin Jean — Plea Agreement, Southern District of Florida (Document 44)
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A plea agreement between the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida and Marlin Jean in Case No. 22-CR-20018, entered on the docket 12/22/2022 as Document 44. The defendant agrees to plead guilty to Counts 1 and 2 of the Indictment, possession of unauthorized access devices under 18 U.S.C. 1029(a)(3) and aggravated identity theft under 18 U.S.C. 1028A(a)(1), and the office will seek dismissal of Counts 3 and 4 after sentencing. The parties agree restitution is $826,332.00 and will jointly recommend a loss of $852,000, resulting in a 14-level increase, and a 2-level increase for ten (10) or more victims. The defendant agrees to a forfeiture money judgment of $826,332.00 and a $200 special assessment.
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“United States v. Marlin Jean — Plea Agreement, Southern District of Florida (Document 44).”
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Case 1:22-cr-20018-RKA Document 44 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/22/2022 Page 1 of 6
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COIJRT
SO U TH ER N D ISTR ICT OF FLO R ID A
CASE NO.22-CR-20018-V TMANX EID
U N ITED STAT ES OF AM ER ICA
VS.
M ARLIN R AN,
D efendant.
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PLEA A G R EEM EN T
TheUnitedStatesAttorney'sOftkefortheSouthelm DistrictofFlorida(ûttl'
lisOffice'')and
M ARLI.
N JEAN (theQr efendanf')enterintothefollowingagreelnent:
The Defendantagreesto plead guilty to Cotmts 1 and 2 oftheIndictment,which
cotmtschargetheDefendantwiththePossession ofFifteenorM ore'unàuthorizedAccessDevices,
in violation of 18 U.S.C.j 1029(a)(3)sand with Aggravated Identity Theft,in violation of18
U.S.C.51028A(a)(1),respectively.
The Office agreesto seek the dijmissalofCotmts 3 and 4 ofthelndictm ent,after
sentencing.
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The Defendantis aware thatthe sentçncl will be imposed by ihe Courtafter
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considering the advisory Federal Sentenciùg Guidelines ànélPolicy Stàtements (hereinafter
Etsentencing Guidelines'). The Defendantacknowlédges and understqnds thatthe Cotu'twill
com pute an advisory sentence tm derthe Sentencing Gtlidelinesand thatthe applicable guidelines
w illbe determ ined by the Coul-trelyipg in pal4 on the resultsofapre-sentence investigation by the
Court'sprobation office,w hich investigation w illcom m ence aftertheguilty plea hasbeen entered.
The D efendant is also aw are that,under cet4ain circum stances,the.céurt m ay depal'
t from the
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advisory sçntencing guideline range thatithas computed,and m ay raise orlowerthatadvisory
sentence tmderthe Sentencing Guidelines. TheDefendantisfurtheraware and tmderstandsthat
the Courtis required to consider the advisory guideline range determ ined under the Sentencing
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Guidelines,butisnotboundtoim poseasentencewithinthatadvisol'yrangr;theCotlrtispermitted
totailortheultimatesentencein lightofotherstatutoryconcenzs,and such sentencem ay beeither
m ore severeorlessseverethantheSentencing Guideliries'advisoryrange. Knowing these facts,
the D efendant understands and acknow ledges that the Cotll4 has thç authority to im pose any
sentencewithin and up tothe statm ory m axim tlm atlthorized by law forthe offensesidentified in
paragraph 1and thatthe Defendantm ay notwithdraw theplea solely asa restlltofthe sentence
im posed.
4. The D efendant also understands and acknow ledges that,as to Cotmt 1,the Cottrt
may imposeastattltory maximum ten'
n ofimprisollmentofup toten (1*
0)years,followed by a
term ofstlpervisedreleaseofuptothree(3)years,andmayorderrestittltion. AstoCount2,the
Courtmustimpostatenn ofimplisonmentoftwo (2)years,tonm consectltively toany telnn of
implisonmentimposedinCotmt1,followedbyaterm ofsupervisedmleaseofuptoohe(1)year,
which may rtm cpnctu-rently to theterm ofsupervisedreleasçimposed forCotmt1. In addition
toaterm ofimprisonmentand supervised release,theCourtm ay imposeafineofup to$250,000
and mustorderrestitution a7to each Cotlnt. Thepartieshave agreed thattheiestimtion am otmt
applicabletothisDefendantis$826,332.00.
The D efendant further tm derstands and acknow ledges that, in qddition to any
sentenceimposed tmderparagraph4 ofthisagreem ent,aspecialassessmentin theam ountof$100
willbeimposed ontheDefendantforeach countofconviction,foratotqlof$200. TheDefendant
agreesthatanyspecialassessmentimposedshallbepaidatthetimeofsehtencing. Jffinancially
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unableto pay thespecialassessm ent,theDefendantagrees'to presentevidence tb thisoffice and
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theCotlrtatthetimeofsentencingastothereasonsfortheDeikndant'sfaillzretopay.
This Office reserves the right to ilzform the Coul-tand the probation office of all
factspertinentto the sentencing process,including a11relevantinfbnzlati,onconcenningtheoffenses
committed,whetherèharged ornot,aswellasconcenûng tlieDefelîdantand theDefendant's
background. Subjectonlytotheexpresstermsofanyagreed-upfm sentenèingrecommendations
contained in this agreem ent,this Office furtherreselwesthe rightto m ake any recom m endation as
to the quality atld quantity bfpuriislnm ent.
This Office agrees thatitw illrecom m end at sentencing thatthe Cotlrtreduce by
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two levels the sentencing guidelines level applicable to the Defendant'j offense,ptlrsuant to
. Section 3E1.1 of the Sentencing G uidelines, based upon the Defendant's recognition and
affirmative and timely acceptance of personalresponsibili/ .If atthe tiine of sentencing the
Defendant'soffenselevelisdeterminedtobe16orgreater,thisOfticewillfileap otibnrequesting
anadditionaloneleveldecreasepursuanttoSection3E1.1(b)oftheSentencingGuidelines,stating
thatthe Defendanthasassisted authoritiesin the ilw estigation orprosecution ofthe Defendant's
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ow n m isconduct by tim ely notifying authotities of the D efendant's intention to enter a plea of
guilty, thereby perm itting the govelmm ent to avoid preparing for trial and perm itting the
govem mentandtheCoul'tto allocatetheirresotlrcesefficiently. However,thisOfficewillnotbe
requiredto maketlaismotion and thisl'ecommendation if'the Defendant:(1)failsorrefusesto
m ake a full, accurate, and com plete discloj
'ure to the probation officç of the circum stances
sunounding the relevant offense'tonduct;(2) is found to have misrepresented facts to the
govennmentpriorto entering into this plea agreement;or (3)commits any miscondtlctafter
entering into thisplea agreem ent,including butnotlim ited to com m itting a state orfederaloffense,
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violating any ten'
n bf:release, or m aking false statements or misrepresefltations to any
govenunentalentity orofficial.
ThisOfficeand the Defendantagreethat,although notàinding on theprobation
officeortheUoul-t,theywilljointly recommendthattheCotu'
tmakethefollowingfindingsasto
the sentence to be im posed:
a. Loss:Thattherelevantam otlntofactual,probable,orintended losstmder
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Section28 1.1(b)(1)oftlleSentencingGuidelinesresttltingfrom theoffensecomnlitledin
thiscaseis$852,000 (j.c.,greaterthan $550,000 andlessthan $1,500,000),restlltingiq a
14-1evelincrease;
Ten orM oreVictims:Thattheoffçnseinvolvedtel)(10)ormorevictims,
incltldingten(10)ormoreindividualswhosemeansofidentificationwasusedJmlawftzlly
orw ithoutauthority,reslzlting in a 2-1evelincrease;
c. AdditionalEllhancem ents.Adiustments.and Variances:Thepal-tiesrem ain
freetoargtlefororagainstanyotherenhancementsoradjustmeiAts,asw:llastoarguefor
oragainstanyvariancetmder18U.S.C.j3553.
9. TheDefendantisawarethatthesentencehasnotyetbeen detenuinedby theCoul't.
The:Defendantalso isaware thatany estimate oftheprobable sentencing rangeorsentencethat
the Detendanfmay receive,whetherthatestimate coines,from the Defendant's atéorney,this
O ffice,orthe probation office,isa prediction,nota prom ise,and isnotbinding on this Office,the
probation office,orthe Court. The D efendantunderstandsfurtherthatany recom m endation that
this Office m akesto the Courtasto sentencing,whetherpursuantto this agreem entor otherwise,
isnotbinding on the Court,and the Courtm ay disregard thq recom m endation in itsentirety. The
D efendantunderstandsand acknow ledges,aspreviously acknow ledged in paragraph 3 aboke,that
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the Defendant may not'withdraw his plea based upon the Coulst's decision not to accept a
sçntencing recomm endation m ade by the Defendant,this Office,or a recomm endation m ade
jointly bytheDefendantandthisOffice.
The Defendantagrees,in an individtlaland any other capacity,to forfeitto the
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UnitedStates,voluntarily andimm ediately,anyright,title,andinteresttöanypropel-ty constituting
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rom proceedsobtained directly orindirectly asth:resultofsuch offenseptu-suantto'
18 U.S.C.j982(a)(2)(B)and any personalproperty used orintended to betlsedto committhe
violationof18U.S.C.j1029,pursuantto 18U.S.C.j1029(c)(1)(C). ln additiop,theDefendant
agreestofo1feitureofsubstitutepropertypurs'uantto21U S.C.
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j8511). Thepropertysubjectlo
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forfeitureincludes,butisnotlimltedto,aforfeittlremoneyjudgmentin thesum of$826,332.00
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inU.S.currency,which sum representsthevaltleofthepropel-tysubjecttoforfeiture.
11. TheDefendantf'tlrtheragreesthatforfeitureisindependentofany assessment,fm e,
cost,l'estitution,prpenalty thatmay be imposed by the Uotu'
t.TheDefendantknowingly and
voltmtarily agrees to waive al1 constimtional,legal,and equitable defenses to the forfeiture,
including excessive fines tm der the Eighth Am endm ent to the U nited State! Constitution. In
addition,theDefendantagreestowaive:any applicabletimelimitsforadministrativeorjudicial'
forfeitureproceedings,thel'equirementsofFed.R.Crim.P.32.2and43(a),andanyappealofthe
forfeiture.
12. TheDefendantalsoujreestofullyandtruthfullydisclosetheexistence,nattu-e,and
location of allassetsin w hich the D efendanthas orhad any dim ctor indirectfinancialinterestor
control,and any assets involved in the offenses of convictioh. The D efendant agrees to take al1
stepsrequested by the United Statesfortherecovery and forfeitlzre ofa11assetsidentified by the
UlzitedStatesassubjecttoforfeiture. Thisincltldes,butisnotlimitedto,thetimelydeliveryupon
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request'öfallnecessary '
and appropriate documentation to delivergool and ldarketable title,
consentingto allordersofforfeiture,andnotcontestingorimpedingin any waywith arly criminal,
civiloradministl-ativeibrfeitureproceeding concerningtheforfeimre.
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This is the entire agreem ent and understanding between this Office and the
D efendant. There are no other agreem ents,prom ises,representations,orunderstandings.
TUAN ANTONIO GONZAFEZ
U
NITED STATES ATTORNEY
Date: h& *1 A WW By:
EDUARDO GAILD X,JR.
ASSIS N UNITPD STATES ATTORNEY
Date: 1-2.Z 1 2 K .-, By: .
s'r sl z HIGGI'
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ATTORNE Jk EFENDANT
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M ARL AN
DEFE AN T
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