{"id":50906,"date":"2022-09-22T16:05:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T23:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=50906"},"modified":"2022-09-22T16:36:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T23:36:14","slug":"beverly-hills-man-guilty-of-stealing-millions-in-covid-small-business-loans-more-than-a-dozen-fake-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=50906","title":{"rendered":"Beverly Hills Man Guilty of Stealing Millions in COVID Small Business Loans, Created More Than A Dozen Fake Co."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv2903860183MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7271\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7271\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7271\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Fraud-Image-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"FBI Photo Image\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Fraud-Image-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Fraud-Image-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Fraud-Image-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Fraud-Image-95x64.jpg 95w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Fraud-Image.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FBI Photo Image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"yiv2903860183MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">A Beverly Hills man \u2013 whose sons pleaded guilty earlier this month to felonies for defrauding COVID-relief programs \u2013 pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal criminal charge for fraudulently seeking more than $6.7 million in COVID-related small business loans for more than half a dozen fake companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2903860183MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ramiro Da Rosa Mendes, 61, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2903860183MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6759 alignright\" 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\" \/>According to his plea agreement, from April 2020 to August 2020, Mendes schemed to fraudulently obtain federal disaster relief funds distributed through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) programs that were intended to help small businesses through the economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2903860183MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mendes claimed to own numerous fake businesses purportedly based in Beverly Hills, including One Wilshire Enterprises, Professional Music Services, and MB Property Management Group LLC. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-44488 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fusion-medical-animation-rnr8d3fnuny-unsplash-scaled-e1631742246201-300x123.jpeg\" alt=\"Visualization of the coronavirus causing COVID-19\" width=\"300\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fusion-medical-animation-rnr8d3fnuny-unsplash-scaled-e1631742246201-300x123.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fusion-medical-animation-rnr8d3fnuny-unsplash-scaled-e1631742246201-1024x420.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fusion-medical-animation-rnr8d3fnuny-unsplash-scaled-e1631742246201-768x315.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fusion-medical-animation-rnr8d3fnuny-unsplash-scaled-e1631742246201-1536x629.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fusion-medical-animation-rnr8d3fnuny-unsplash-scaled-e1631742246201-2048x839.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2903860183MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">These companies were fake businesses that did not exist prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and did not have any operations or employees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2903860183MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mendes also claimed to be the owner of fake real estate services companies, including Ramiro Mendes Real Estate Services, Real Estate Services, and Real Estate Invesst-ments, also located in Beverly Hills and Massachusetts, as well as other businesses registered in Wyoming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2903860183MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1073 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2.jpg 299w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-120x76.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-265x168.jpg 265w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-284x180.jpg 284w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-274x173.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/> In his plea agreement, Mendes admitted to submitting 19 applications for PPP and EIDL loans that contained false and fraudulent information, including the purported existence of payroll expenses, phony tax forms, and the operational status of the businesses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2903860183MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For example, on June 24, 2020, Mendes submitted a fraudulent PPP loan application to a Florida-based bank, seeking a loan of $975,100. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2903860183MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">The loan application falsely stated that One Wilshire Enterprises employed 18 people, had an average monthly payroll of $390,040, and, according to a false tax form, earned $4,810,149 in revenue in 2019. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2903860183MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Based on this false information, the bank approved and funded a PPP loan in the amount of $793,300. The loan amount was wired into a bank account Mendes controlled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2903860183MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mendes admitted in his plea agreement to stealing the COVID-relief loans and misusing the proceeds for his own personal benefit, including the purchase of cryptocurrency. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2903860183MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">He further admitted that the intended loss in this case was approximately $6.7 million, and the actual loss was at least approximately $2.2 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2903860183MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 U.S.District Judge Percy Anderson scheduled a Dec. 12 sentencing hearing, at which time Mendes faces up to 20 years in federal prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2903860183MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In related cases, Mendes\u2019 sons \u2013 Ammon Jose de Pina Mendes, 26, of Beverly Hills, and Mateus Pina Mendes, 33, of Los Angeles \u2013 each plead guilty on Sept. 1 to one count of wire fraud. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2903860183MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Using the names of fake businesses, Ammon and Mateus Mendes fraudulently obtained approximately $222,225 and $143,283, respectively, in PPP and EIDL loans. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2903860183MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Their sentencing hearings are scheduled for Nov. 29, when each defendant will face up to 20 years in federal prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2903860183MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This matter was investigated by the FBI; the Federal Housing Finance Agency \u2013 Office of the Inspector General; the United States Postal Inspection Service; the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation \u2013 Office of the Inspector General; the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration \u2013 Office of the Inspector General; IRS Criminal Investigation; and the Small Business Administration \u2013 Office of the Inspector General.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2903860183MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant United States Attorney Scott Paetty of the Major Frauds Section and Trial Attorney Jennifer Bilinkas of the Justice Department\u2019s Fraud Section are prosecuting this case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2903860183MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anyone with information about allegations of attempted fraud involving COVID-19 can report it by calling the Department of Justice\u2019s National Center for Disaster Fraud Hotline at (866) 720-5721 or via the NCDF Web Complaint Form at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/disaster-fraud\/ncdf-disaster-complaint-form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/disaster-fraud\/ncdf-disaster-complaint-form<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0 A Beverly Hills man \u2013 whose sons pleaded guilty earlier this month to felonies for defrauding COVID-relief programs \u2013 pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal criminal charge for fraudulently 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