Business ProfileforSkyline Development & Construction LLC

UPDATE As of December 15, 2021, Case no changed to 1:21-cr-20262:

Jean Renald Fleuridor pled guilty to 1 count of Conspiracy to commit bank fraud and was sentenced to 42 months in prison and 5 years supervised release.  In addition, Fleuridor was ordered to pay $11,342,932.50 in restitution.

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UPDATE as of September 21, 2021, Case no changed to 1:21-cr-20262:

Hasan Hakim Brown pled guilty to 1 count of Conspiracy to commit bank fraud and was sentenced to 60 months in prison and 5 years supervised release.

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As of August 28, 2020, Case No. 20-mj-03472-AOR,
Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney's Office
Southern District of Florida

Federal prosecutors have charged two Florida residents with bank fraud conspiracy for allegedly using synthetic identities to commit crimes, including defrauding banks and stealing over $3 million from Covid-19 relief programs.

Synthetic identities combine real (albeit stolen) identity information, such as stolen social security numbers, with fraudulent identity information, such as fake names and dates of birth. Criminals create these synthetic identities and use them to open fraudulent bank and credit card accounts, and to make fraudulent purchases.

According to the criminal complaint affidavit, beginning around 2017, Jean Fleuridor, 41, of Broward County, Florida and Hasan Brown, 44, of Miami-Dade County, Florida, and their co-conspirators were involved in a scheme to defraud a bank located in San Antonio, Texas.

They used approximately 700 synthetic identities, in addition to stolen identities, to create bank accounts and shell companies.
According to the criminal complaint, fraudulent payments were made from accounts registered to synthetic identities to accounts registered to defendants Brown and Fleuridor.

From about April through July of 2020, members of the conspiracy allegedly utilized the already-established synthetic identities and associated shell companies to fraudulently apply for assistance under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a program established under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security ("CARES") Act to help small businesses financially survive the pandemic.
According to the complaint, the defendants fraudulently sought and received over $3 million dollars in PPP relief.
This money was paid to companies registered to the synthetic identities.

Defendant Fleuridor had his initial appearance on August 26, 2020, and defendant Brown had his initial appearance on August 28, 2020, both before U.S. Magistrate Judge Alicia M. Otazo-Reyes.

For further assistance please contact
Southern District of Florida
U.S. Attorney's Office
99 N.E. 4th Street
Miami, Fl. 33132
Miami Main Phone: (305) 961-9001
Miami Fax Line: (305) 530-7679
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdf

A federal criminal complaint is merely an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

LINK: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/two-men-who-allegedly-used-synthetic-identities-existing-shell-companies-and-prior-0