Plea — No. 1:21-cr-00338 (Dkt. 46, D. Md.)

Summary

A plea agreement letter dated June 15, 2022 from Assistant United States Attorney Zachary H. Ray to defense counsel Devin Prater in United States v. Sylvester Atekwane, Criminal No. RDB-21-338-003, filed July 13, 2022 as Document 46 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Atekwane agrees to plead guilty to Count One, conspiracy to commit wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1349, which carries a maximum of 20 years in prison. The parties stipulate to a loss of at least $250,000 and more than 10 victims, an anticipated offense level of 20, and restitution of at least $250,000. The attached statement of facts describes an unemployment insurance scheme in which at least $150,000 from 61 different victims was sent to the defendant's address, and states that the entire scheme involved at least $2.7 million and over 600 individual victims.

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