{"id":52167,"date":"2023-02-13T17:15:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T01:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=52167"},"modified":"2023-02-13T17:16:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T01:16:09","slug":"man-sentenced-to-more-than-four-years-in-prison-for-stealing-more-than-1-million-in-covid-business-loans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=52167","title":{"rendered":"Man Sentenced to More Than Four Years in Prison for Stealing More Than $1 Million in COVID Business Loans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7857 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo-289x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo-289x300.png 289w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo.png 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/>A Ventura County man who schemed with an Orange County man to illegally acquire disaster relief funds was sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $1 million in loans, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">The money is intended to help businesses weather the COVID-19 pandemic\u2019s economic fallout.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Manuel Asadurian, 66, of Simi Valley, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer, who also ordered him to pay $1 million in restitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Asadurian pleaded guilty in October 2022 to one count of wire fraud affecting a financial institution.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7271\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7271\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><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=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0 From April 2020 to January 2021, Asadurian and an accomplice, Jeffrey Scott Hedges, 51, of Irvine, schemed to fraudulently get federal disaster relief funds distributed through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) programs, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Congress intended to help businesses during the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Asadurian lied to the U.S. Small Business Administration and federally insured financial institutions on a total of 12 PPP and EIDL loan applications<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1381 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/irs2-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/irs2-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/irs2.jpg 443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The loans were submitted on behalf of Asadurian-controlled businesses, including LTL Enterprises LLC, Redline Performance LLC, and Diamond A Motorsports. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Hedges submitted 18 fraudulent PPP and EIDL applications on behalf of companies he controlled, including West Coast Chassis, WCC Pro Touring, Von Schoff Apparel, and Hedges Corvette.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">The false information submitted by Asadurian and Hedges included the number of employees to whom the companies had paid wages, the amount of payroll expenses for the companies, and false certifications that the loans would be used for permissible business purposes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13095 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/U.S.-Small-Business-Administration-300x131.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/U.S.-Small-Business-Administration-300x131.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/U.S.-Small-Business-Administration.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In support of the bogus applications, Asadurian and Hedges submitted false tax documents, payroll records, and bank records that fraudulently inflated the number of employees and the number of payroll expenses and gross receipts associated with the companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Once the PPP and EIDL loan applications were approved, they were deposited in bank accounts Asadurian and Hedges controlled. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Asadurian and Hedges then used the fraudulently obtained loans for their personal benefit, including making mortgage payments on a personal residence, paying living expenses and medical expenses, and purchasing luxury vehicles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In total, Asadurian sought approximately $1.6 million in PPP and EIDL loans and fraudulently obtained approximately $1 million related to those loans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In a related case, Hedges pleaded guilty in August 2022 to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution and one count of aggravated identity theft for his submission of fraudulent PPP and EIDL applications that sought approximately $5.2 million, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Hedges received approximately $2 million of those loan funds. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">On January 30, Judge Fischer sentenced Hedges to a term of seven years in federal prison and ordered him to pay $2 million in restitution.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Office of Inspector General; the Federal Reserve Board Office of Inspector General; the FBI; IRS Criminal Investigation; Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration; and the Small Business Administration investigated these matters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant United States Attorney Scott Paetty of the Major Frauds Section prosecuted these cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anyone with information about alleged 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: <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<p class=\"yiv2101684503MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: 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