Daniel Fleureme, 56, a former Corrections Officer with the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Division (MDCRD), has admitted to defrauding a COVID-19 aid program by securing an Financial Damage Catastrophe Mortgage (EIDL) by means of false claims.
Fleureme pled responsible on October 31 to wire fraud costs in relation to the scheme, which concerned misrepresentations to the U.S. Small Enterprise Administration (SBA).
The fraudulent exercise stemmed from an software submitted on July 27, 2020, whereas Fleureme was employed full-time at MDCRD. Within the software, he falsely said that he was the only proprietor of a enterprise working beneath his identify, claiming it was established on February 15, 2017, and employed three individuals as of January 31, 2020.
He additional licensed that the enterprise had generated $450,000 in gross revenues and incurred $97,000 in prices in the course of the earlier 12 months. These false assertions allowed Fleureme to acquire roughly $150,000 in EIDL proceeds from the SBA.
The EIDL program was a part of the broader Coronavirus Help, Reduction, and Financial Safety (CARES) Act, which aimed to assist people and companies affected by the financial downturn because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The SBA instantly administered these loans to help companies dealing with substantial monetary disruptions.
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Fleureme is scheduled for sentencing on January 7, 2025, at 11:00 a.m., earlier than U.S. District Choose Jose E. Martinez in Miami. He might withstand 20 years in jail, with the ultimate sentence being decided after the courtroom opinions the U.S. Sentencing Tips and different related elements.
The announcement was made by U.S. Lawyer Markenzy Lapointe for the Southern District of Florida, FBI Particular Agent in Cost Jeffrey B. Veltri, Miami-Dade County Workplace of Inspector Basic (M-DC OIG) Inspector Basic Felix Jimenez, and SBA Workplace of Inspector Basic (SBA OIG) Jap Area Particular Agent in Cost Amaleka McCall-Brathwaite.
The case was investigated by the FBI’s Miami Space Corruption Process Power, which incorporates officers from the M-DC OIG and labored in collaboration with the SBA OIG. Assistant U.S. Lawyer Edward N. Stamm is main the prosecution.
