| In Trio Arrested For $14
Million PPP Fraud Man With Fake IDs and Asylum
Status Is Released
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 18 – Amos Mundendi
is charged in connection with
a $14 million defrauding of
the US Paycheck Protection
Program meant to help business
amid COVID-19.
But there's
more to the story.
On May 18,
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Paul A. Engelmayer held
a bond hearing. Inner City
Press covered it.
The
Assistant US Attorney
emphasized the Mundendi uses
other names and IDs, and says
he is "Moorish" citizen. The
defense said he is a refugee
from the DR Congo, and has a
child in Dallas.
Judge
Engelmayer, noting that it was
not a case with a presumption
of detention, affaired
Magistrate Judge Sarah
Netburn's release of the
defendant on conditions
including a $200,000 bond.
He is still in
custody, pending interview of
the suretors by the US
Attorney's Office. There are
co-defendants.
The overall case
is US v. Bella, 21-cr-247
(Engelmayer)
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