| Florida Man Charged with
Theft from COVID 19 Program Was
Freed Now Ujkic Pleads Guilty
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Feb 4 – One of six defendants
charged with stealing from
government COVID-19 programs
was presented and freed on
bail on April 10 by U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrate Judge Gary Stein.
Inner City Press was there,
the only media in the SDNY Mag
court.
The
prosecutors cite "a scheme to
fraudulently obtain checks and
launder the proceeds. Many of
the checks were funds provided
by the government for COVID-19
relief that the defendants
stole before depositing into
bank accounts opened using
sham businesses or stolen or
fake identities. In total, the
defendants attempted to steal
approximately $80 million and
succeeded in depositing
approximately $50
million."
This
defendant Ujkic was
represented by a lawyer from
Fort Lauderdale, admitted pro
hac vice. He was freed on
$100,000 bond with travel
including a district in
Florida and another in
Georgia.
Jump cut to
February 4, 2026 when Ujkic
pleaded guilty before Judge
Castel, wtih sentencing set
for May 21.
The
overall case is USA v. Anand,
et al., 1:25-cr-110 (Castel)
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