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Date: 04-04-2023

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United States of America v. Nohmaan Malik

Case Number: 4:22-cr-00340

Judge: Mark Pittman

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Dallas County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Dallas

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Description: Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud.

Nohmaan Malik, age 30, admitted he and coconspirators defrauded Chase Bank customers for $1.9 million.

They selected customers with sizeable balances at Chase and created counterfeit passport cards using the customers’ names and identifying information but with conspirators’ photographs. Using those counterfeit passport cards, conspirators imitating the bank customers opened fraudulent joint bank accounts with other conspirators acting as money mules.

The impersonator or the mule then transferred money from the customers’ actual account to the joint bank account, and then transferred the money from the joint account into a third bank account controlled solely by the conspirators.

His coconspirators include:

Juan Cruz – pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, passport fraud, and aggravated identity theft / sentenced to 10 years and nine months in federal prison

Ronald Godbold – pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft / sentenced to five years and five months in federal prison

Jeremy Pena – pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, passport fraud, and aggravated identity theft / sentenced to five years and five months in federal prison

Louie Walencik – charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, use of a false passport, and aggravated identity theft / fugitive

Gregory Jesus Acevedo – pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and passport fraud and aggravated identity theft / sentenced to three years and four months in federal prison

Christian Martinez – pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud / slated to be sentenced on May 9 before Judge Reed O’Connor

The U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), Dallas Resident Office, conducted the investigation with the assistance from the DFW Airport Police Department, Dallas Police Department, Benbrook Police Department, and Flower Mound Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Weybrecht prosecuted the case.

18 U.S.C. § 1349 (18 U.S.C. § 1344) Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud

18 U.S.C. §§ 1546 and 2 Passport Fraud
(2)

18 U.S.C. §§ 1028A(a)(1)and 2 Aggravated Identity Theft
(3)

Outcome: Pursuant to the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, as amended, it is the judgment of the Court that the defendant, Nohmaan Malik, in 4:22-CR-340-P, is hereby committed to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons for a period of ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX (136) months as to Count One, ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) months as to Count Two to run concurrently to Count One, and TWENTY-FOUR (24) months as to Count Three, to run consecutive to Counts One and Two, for a total sentence of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY (160) months. The Court did not order a fine because the defendant does not have the financial resources or future earning capacity to pay a fine. It is further ordered that the defendant pay a special assessment of $100 per count, for a total of $300. The defendant is ordered to make restitution in the amount of $1,984,244.51. Supervised Release is Ordered for a term of FOUR (4) years as to Count One, THREE (3) years as to Count Two, and ONE (1) year as to Count Three, to run concurrently for a total of FOUR (4) years.Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 982(a)(2)(A), 981(a)(1)(C), 982(a)(6)(A)(ii), and 28 U.S.C. 2461(c), it is hereby ordered that defendant's interest in the following property is condemned and forfeited to the United States... (See Judgment for specifics.) The Court recommends to the Bureau of Prisons that the defendant be allowed to participate in the Inmate Financial Responsibility Program and the Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program, if eligible. The Court further recommends to the BOP that the defendant be incarcerated at the FCI Fort Dix New Jersey facility, or the FCI Otisville New York facility to be as close to his family as possible. The Defendant is remanded to the custody of the US Marshal.

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