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\"Carolyn<\/a>
Carolyn Marie Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES<\/strong> \u2013 A Corona woman who was the chief executive officer of a high-end jean company that outfitted Hollywood celebrities pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to bank fraud and bankruptcy fraud offenses.<\/p>\n

Carolyn Marie Jones<\/strong>, 51, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of bank fraud and one count of concealing assets in a bankruptcy proceeding<\/p>\n

She is scheduled to be sentenced in May and is facing up to 35 years in prison.<\/p>\n

As part of the plea, Jones agreed to pay $15 million in restitution to Union Bank and $124,000 in restitution to victims who invested in another scheme.<\/p>\n

According to a plea agreement filed Wednesday, Jones admitted the following facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Jones defrauded Union Bank of California<\/strong> in a scheme related to her company, DDI (sometimes known as Diamond Decisions, Inc.), which sold jeans under the labels Privacywear and PRVCY Premium.<\/li>\n
  • Union Bank issued an $8.5 million line of credit \u2013 which was later increased to $15 million \u2013 to Jones in late 2008, but Jones had filed a fraudulent loan application that used another person\u2019s social security number, bogus tax returns that had never been filed with the Internal Revenue Service and false financial statements for DDI that grossly overstated the company\u2019s profits.<\/li>\n
  • Jones also admitted in the plea agreement that the accounting firm she claimed had audited her financial statements was a sham company.<\/li>\n
  • Jones also admitted she lied to Union Bank employees, including the loan officer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    In court Wednesday, she apologized to the identity theft victim whose information was used on the fraudulent loan documents.<\/p>\n

    Jones soon defaulted on the $15 million loan, and Union Bank filed a civil lawsuit against DDI in state court.<\/p>\n

    When the court issued an order authorizing Union Bank to seize the company\u2019s assets, Jones filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in February 2010 that listed the bank as the sole creditor.<\/p>\n

    In the following months, Jones concealed DDI assets, specifically about $120,000 that she had received from DDI customers.<\/p>\n

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