Plea Agreement — USA v. Zhang (Dkt. 31, W.D. Wash.)

Summary

A plea agreement in United States v. Baoke Zhang, No. CR 20-169RAJ, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle, filed October 22, 2020 as Document 31. Zhang waives indictment and agrees to plead guilty to wire fraud as charged in Count 1 of the Information under Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343, which carries up to twenty (20) years and a fine of up to $250,000.00. In the statement of facts, Zhang admits attempting to obtain over $550,000 from the Paycheck Protection Program and receiving $10,000 from the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program. The agreement states that Zhang submitted at least four fraudulent PPP application packages to three different lenders, including a $600,000 application to Lender 1 on April 10, 2020 claiming an average monthly payroll of $240,000. Defense counsel is Jesse Cantor, Assistant Federal Public Defender.

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