Sentencing Memorandum — USA v. Horne (Dkt. 87, M.D. Fla.)

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The United States' Sentencing Memorandum in United States of America v. Verlynn Horne, Case No. 6:25-cr-161-JSS-NWH, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division, filed August 12, 2026 as Document 87. The government seeks 51 months of imprisonment, the high end of a guidelines range of 41 to 51 months. It recounts PPP loans of $175,000 to Platinum Status Consulting Inc. and $162,915 to Good Neighbor Tax Service Inc. on false applications, and states the defendant helped at least 35 other entities and individuals obtain $4,476,437, receiving $2,180,015 of it and $2,517,930 in total. It adds that no tax returns reporting income were filed for 2020 or 2021, leaving $766,707.20 owed to the IRS, and notes the guilty pleas to Counts Six and Twelve on April 7, 2026. It is signed by Assistant United States Attorney Diane S. Hu.

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