Rocklin Business Owner Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Embezzling from His Employer and, While Awaiting Sentencing, Defrauding Banks
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Release from U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert in Sacramento: Kevin Lee Co, 51, of Rocklin, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for wire fraud, money laundering and submitting false statements to a financial institution. According to court documents, Co pleaded guilty on Dec. 8, 2016, to wire fraud and money laundering for embezzling approximately $4.8 million from former employer Holt of California, spending it on luxury cars, season tickets and approximately $1 million in purchases for the online video game Game of War. While out of custody awaiting sentencing, Co, sole owner of Rocklin-based Apollo HP Inc., obtained Paycheck Protection Program loans between April 2020 and January 2021 and concealed the guilty pleas from the banks. The release says financial institutions suffered a total loss of $530,552. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas M. Fogg prosecuted the case.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Kevin Lee Co, 51, of Rocklin, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for wire fraud, money laundering and submitting false statements to a financial institution, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, on Dec. 8, 2016, Co pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering for embezzling approximately $4.8 million from his former employer, Holt of California. Co used the money he embezzled to purchase, among other things, luxury cars, home furniture, NFL football and NBA basketball season tickets, and approximately $1 million in purchases for the online video game “Game of War.” While out of custody and awaiting sentencing on those charges, Co defrauded federally insured financial institutions by submitting false statements to qualify for loans that were part of the Paycheck Protection Program. Co was the sole owner of Apollo HP Inc., a Rocklin-based company that sells generators, windows, and residential solar panels. Between April 2020 and January 2021, Co applied for and obtained Paycheck Protection Program loans for his company. The loan applications required him to disclose his pending criminal charges and guilty pleas. However, in his loan applications, Co concealed the fact that he had pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges in order to cause two banks to approve loans for his company. As a result of Co’s false statements, financial institutions suffered a total loss of $530,552. This case was the product of an investigation by the IRS Criminal Investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Office of Inspector General for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas M. Fogg prosecuted the case.
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