{"id":57449,"date":"2024-09-06T16:45:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T23:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=57449"},"modified":"2024-09-06T16:45:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T23:45:13","slug":"jury-convicts-nevada-man-of-11-2m-covid-fraud-he-used-money-to-buy-25-residences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=57449","title":{"rendered":"Jury Convicts Nevada Man of $11.2M COVID Fraud \u2014 He Used Money to Buy 25 Residences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-57309\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/federal_judges_1724430937.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56097 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/statue-of-justice-stockpack-adobe-stock-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Statue of justice\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/statue-of-justice-stockpack-adobe-stock-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/statue-of-justice-stockpack-adobe-stock-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/statue-of-justice-stockpack-adobe-stock-850x567.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/statue-of-justice-stockpack-adobe-stock.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Officials stated that a federal jury convicted a Nevada man Friday of defrauding three banks of more than $11.2 million in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds intended to help small businesses impacted by the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Meelad Dezfooli, 30, of Henderson, engaged in a scheme to submit fraudulent loan applications under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The program provided loans to help small businesses continue paying employee salaries and certain other basic business expenses during the pandemic. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56074 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/qtq80-AAwc1x-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/qtq80-AAwc1x-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/qtq80-AAwc1x-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, 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align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">After fraudulently obtaining more than $11.2 million in PPP funds, Dezfooli laundered and\/or spent the proceeds by, among other things: buying approximately 25 residences and two luxury cars, funding a personal investment account, and gambling extensively. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55835 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/qtq80-l4F7rl-300x199.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/qtq80-l4F7rl-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/qtq80-l4F7rl-1024x679.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/qtq80-l4F7rl-768x509.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/qtq80-l4F7rl-1536x1018.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/qtq80-l4F7rl-850x563.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/qtq80-l4F7rl.jpeg 1693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>After he was originally charged, Dezfooli continued laundering criminal proceeds by selling five of the residences that he acquired with the fraudulently obtained PPP funds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The jury convicted Dezfooli of three counts of bank fraud, three counts of money laundering, and four counts of engaging in monetary transactions in criminally derived property. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">He is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 5 and faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison on each of the bank fraud counts, 20 years in prison on each of the money laundering counts, and 10 years in prison on each of the counts of engaging in monetary transactions in criminally derived property.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Trial Attorneys D. Zachary Adams and Taylor G. Stout of the Criminal Division\u2019s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (MLARS) and Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel R. Schiess for the District of Nevada prosecuted the case.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Anyone with information about allegations of attempted fraud involving COVID-19 can report it by calling the Justice Department\u2019s National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) Hotline at 866-720-5721 or via the NCDF Web Complaint Form at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov\/disaster-fraud\/ncdf-disaster-complaint-form?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">www.justice.gov\/disaster-fraud\/ncdf-disaster-complaint-form<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials stated that a federal jury convicted a Nevada man Friday of defrauding three banks of more than $11.2 million in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds intended to help small businesses impacted 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