Thursday, December 08, 2022

Extremist State Rep. JOSEPH HARDING Indicted For Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, And Making False Statements

JOSEPH HARDING, a State Representative (R-WILLISON) faces federal criminal charges for COVID-related fraud against the government. This alleged fraudfesaor is the same hateful haughty louche legislator who introduced the anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation, sometimes called "Don't Say Gay."  

Let justice be done. 

FDR was speaking of such Republican (or ME-publican) legislators when he spoke at Madison Square Garden on October 31, 1936: "For nearly four years you have had an Administration which instead of twirling its thumbs has rolled up its sleeves. We will keep our sleeves rolled up. We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace--business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.  They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."

DeSANTIS & CO. are the "organized mob."  We shall expose and defeat their sins, crimes and torts.

USDOJ press release:



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Florida State Representative Indicted For Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, And Making False Statements

GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA – A federal grand jury has returned a six-count indictment against Joseph Harding, 35, of Williston, Florida. The indictment was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

The Indictment alleges that between December 1, 2020, and March 1, 2021, Harding committed two acts of wire fraud by participating in a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration (SBA) and for obtaining coronavirus-related small business loans by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, and for the purpose of executing such scheme, caused wire communications to be transmitted in interstate commerce. The Indictment alleges that Harding made and caused to be made false and fraudulent SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) applications, and made false representations in supporting loan documentation, in the names of dormant business entities, submitted to the SBA.  The Indictment further alleges that Harding obtained fraudulently created bank statements for one of the dormant business entities which were used as supporting documentation for one of his fraudulent EIDL loan applications. By this conduct, the indictment alleges that Harding fraudulently obtained and attempted to obtain more than $150,000 in funds from the SBA to which he was not entitled.  Harding is also charged with two counts of engaging in monetary transactions with funds derived from unlawful activity related to his transfer of the fraudulently obtained EIDL proceeds into two bank accounts, and two counts of making false statements to the SBA.

Trial for Harding is scheduled for Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at 8:30 a.m., at the United States Courthouse in Gainesville, Florida, before the Honorable United States District Judge Allen Winsor.

The maximum terms of imprisonment for the offenses are as follows:

  • 20 years: Wire Fraud
  • 10 years: Money Laundering
  • 5 years:  Making False Statements

The investigation was jointly conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Office of Inspector General, and the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Inspector General. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Justin M. Keen and David P. Byron.

An indictment is merely an allegation by a grand jury that a defendant has committed a violation of federal criminal law and is not evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial, during which it will be the government’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida is one of 94 offices that serve as the nation’s principal litigators under the direction of the Attorney General.  To access public court documents online, please visit the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida website.  For more information about the United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Florida, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/fln/index.html.

Topic(s): 
Financial Fraud
Contact: 
United States Attorney’s Office Northern District of Florida (850) 216-3845 libby.lastinger@usdoj.gov Follow us on Twitter | @NDFLnews


From Wikipedia:

Joe Harding by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Harding at the 2022 Hazlitt Summit hosted by Young Americans for Liberty Foundation


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Another fascist grifter bites the dust. How can you claim to be about freedom if you think it's governments responsibility to see to it that people don't talk about sex? Freedom my ass. Freedom for the rich and freedom t-shirts for everyone else. Their propaganda is at odds with their fascist actions. Voting for these GOP charlatans comes at great cost.