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Home / News / World News / US: Indian-origin executive sentenced to two years for $1.8mn fraud
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US: Indian-origin executive sentenced to two years for $1.8mn fraud

US: Indian-origin executive sentenced to two years for $1.8mn fraud
Written by Sneha Das
(Sourced from PTI)
Aug 25, 2021, 02:50 pm 2 min read
US: Indian-origin executive sentenced to two years for $1.8mn fraud
Mukund Mohan of Clyde Hill in Washington state pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and money laundering on March 15

A 48-year-old Indian-origin tech executive in the US has been sentenced to two years in prison for fraudulently obtaining nearly $1.8 million in federal COVID-19 disaster relief loans. Mukund Mohan of Clyde Hill in Washington state pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and money laundering on March 15, the US Department of Justice said.

Documents
Mohan falsified employment documents to fraudulently receive the loans

Mohan, who had past gigs at Microsoft as well as Amazon, falsified the employment documents to fraudulently receive the loans through the government's Paycheck Protection Program for companies that he purportedly ran. He applied for $5.5 million in loans with falsely altered documents and received about $1.8 million before he was arrested in July 2020.

Loan applications
Mohan sought over $5.5M through eight fraudulent disaster loan applications

Mohan was sentenced on Tuesday in the Western District of Washington to two years in prison. According to the court documents, Mohan sought more than $5.5 million through eight fraudulent disaster loan applications. In support of the fraudulent loan applications, Mohan submitted fake and altered documents, including fake federal tax filings and altered incorporation documents.

Misrepresentation
He misrepresented to a lender regarding his company's loan application

"Mohan misrepresented to a lender that, in 2019, his company Mahenjo Inc. had dozens of employees and paid millions of dollars in employee wages and payroll taxes," the Justice Department said. "In support of Mahenjo's loan application, Mohan submitted false incorporation documents and tax forms suggesting that the company had been in business before 2020," it said.

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Federal tax filings submitted to the lender were fake

In truth, Mohan purchased Mahenjo in May 2020. At the time he purchased the company, it had no employees and no business activity. The incorporation documents that he submitted to the lender were altered and the federal tax filings he submitted were fake. Five of Mohan's eight fraudulent loan applications were approved and he fraudulently obtained nearly $1.8 million in COVID-19 relief funds.

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Mohan was also ordered to pay a fine

In addition to the prison sentence of two years, the tech executive was ordered to pay a fine of $100,000 and $1,786,357 in restitution, according to the US Department of Justice.

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Sneha Das is a lifestyle writer at NewsBytes. She had started her career with NewsBytes and her work has focused on national and lifestyle news. She has previously worked as an intern with The Sakal Times, The Logical Indian, and 91.9 Friends FM. She has a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Calcutta.
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