{"id":50210,"date":"2022-07-01T13:00:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T20:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=50210"},"modified":"2022-07-01T13:01:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T20:01:31","slug":"ex-head-of-anaheim-chamber-of-commerce-guilty-of-fraud-false-statements-tax-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=50210","title":{"rendered":"Former Head of Anaheim Chamber of Commerce Guilty of Fraud, False Statements &#038; Tax Crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv6365000023MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>LOS ANGELES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6365000023MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The former president and CEO of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce pleaded guilty Friday to federal criminal charges for defrauding a cannabis company, fraudulently obtaining a COVID-relief business loan worth nearly $62,000, lying to a bank, federal officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6365000023MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Todd Ament dis this while seeking a loan for a $1.5 million second home, and cheating on his taxes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6365000023MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0Ament, 57, of Orange, pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud, one count of making a false statement to a financial institution, and one count of subscribing to a false tax return.<\/span><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/video\/embed\/?pid=11862758\" width=\"476\" height=\"267\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 According to his plea agreement, in 2019, Ament served as president and CEO of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6365000023MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">During that time, Ament and a political consultant who was a partner at a national public relations firm, devised a scheme to divert proceeds intended for the Chamber through the PR firm and into Ament\u2019s personal bank account, the evidence indicated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6365000023MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6172 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Insider-Trading-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Insider-Trading-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Insider-Trading-45x35.jpg 45w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Insider-Trading.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Ament and the political consultant schemed to defraud a cannabis company that had retained the political consultant to lobby for favorable cannabis-related legislation in Anaheim. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6365000023MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The cannabis company paid $225,000 to the Chamber with the understanding that it would have access to a task force that crafted such legislation, but at least $41,000 of that money was paid directly to Ament without those payments being disclosed to the client.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6365000023MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In April 2020, Ament applied to the Small Business Administration (SBA) for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) on behalf of his company, TA Consulting LLC, a sole proprietorship based in Big Bear City that had no substantial operations or employees, authorities stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6365000023MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-229 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/FBI-300x165.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/FBI-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/FBI.png 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/>In May 2020, the SBA wired Ament $61,900 as EIDL proceeds for his business. Ament used the money to pay for various personal expenses, including at clothing stores, boat dealers and on property taxes on his home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6365000023MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In December 2020, Ament lied to JPMorgan Chase by submitting a letter falsely representing that three deposits from the PR firm to Ament-controlled bank accounts \u2013 totaling $205,000 \u2013 were earned income based on services provided by TA Consulting LLC on the PR firm\u2019s behalf. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6365000023MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In fact, Ament knew the $205,000 represented a loan to himself and was not earned income.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6365000023MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6759 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Finally, Ament admitted in his plea agreement that for the tax years 2017, 2018 and 2019 he knowingly and willfully caused false tax returns to be signed and filed that did not report income he had received from various sources. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6365000023MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">For example, in July 2019, Ament signed and filed a federal tax return that reported that his gross receipts for the tax year 2018 was $0, when in fact his actual gross receipts for that year were $179,336.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6365000023MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In total, Ament caused a tax loss to the federal government of $249,998 for those three tax years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6365000023MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 U.S. District Judge Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha scheduled a Dec. 9 sentencing hearing, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6365000023MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Arment is facing up to 20 years in federal prison for each wire fraud count, 30 years in federal prison for the false statement to a financial institution count, and three years\u2019 imprisonment for the tax count.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6365000023MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The FBI and IRS Criminal Investigation are investigating this matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6365000023MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant United States Attorneys Daniel H. Ahn, Daniel S. Lim and Melissa S. 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