Opinion
3:21-CR-00016-MAS-1
02-23-2023
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ROBERT E. DIXON Defendant.
JUDGMENT IN A CRIMINAL CASE (FOR OFFENSES COMMITTED ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER 1, 1987)
The defendant, ROBERT E. DIXON, was represented by BRIAN P. O'NEILL, ESQ,and DANIELLE MLCORCIONE, ESQ.
The defendant pleaded guilty to count of the INFORMATION on 1/12/2021. Accordingly, the court has adjudicated that the defendant is guilty of the following offense:
Title & Section
Nature of Offense
Date of Offense
Count Number
26:7206(1)
FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS
10/14/2011
1
As pronounced on February 23, 2023, the defendant is sentenced as provided in pages 2 through 5 of this judgment. The sentence is imposed pursuant to the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984.
It is ordered that the defendant must pay to the United States a special assessment of $100.00 for count 1, which shall be due immediately. Said special assessment shall be made payable to the Clerk, U.S. District Court.
It is further ordered that the defendant must notify the United States Attorney for this district within 30 days of any change of name, residence, or mailing address until all fines, restitution, costs and special assessments imposed by this judgment are fully paid. If ordered to pay restitution, the defendant must notify the court and United States attorney of any material change in economic circumstances.
Michael A. Shipp, U.S. District Judge.
PROBATION
You are hereby sentenced to probation for a term of 2 years.
While on probation, you must not commit another federal, state, or local crime, must refrain from any unlawful use of a controlled substance and must comply with the standard conditions that have been adopted by this court as set forth below.
Based on information presented, you are excused from the mandatory drug testing provision, however, you may be requested to submit to drug testing during the period of supervision if the probation officer determines a risk of substance abuse.
You must cooperate in the collection of DNA as directed by the probation officer.
If this judgment imposed restitution, you must make restitution in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §§ 2248, 2259, 2264, 2327, 3663, 3663A, and 3664. You must pay the assessment imposed in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §3013. If this judgment imposed a fine, you must pay in accordance with the Schedule of Payment sheet of this judgment. You must notify the court of any material change in your economic circumstances that might affect your ability to pay restitution, fines, or special assessments.
You must comply with the following special conditions:
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
Upon request, you must provide the U.S. Probation Office with full disclosure of your financial records, including comingled income, expenses, assets and liabilities, to include yearly income tax returns. With the exception of the financial accounts reported and noted within the presentence report, you are prohibited from maintaining and/or opening any additional individual and/or joint checking, savings, or other financial accounts, for either personal or business purposes, without the knowledge and approval of the U.S. Probation Office. You must cooperate with the U.S. Probation Officer in the investigation of your financial dealings and must provide truthful monthly statements of your income. You must cooperate in the signing of any authorization to release information forms permitting the U.S. Probation Office access to your financial records.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE - COOPERATION
You must fully cooperate with the Internal Revenue Service by filing all delinquent or amended returns within six months of the sentence date and timely file all future returns that come due during the period of supervision. You must properly report all corrected taxable income and claim only allowable expenses on those returns. You must provide all appropriate documentation in support of said returns. Upon request, you must furnish the Internal Revenue Service with information pertaining to all assets and liabilities, and you must fully cooperate by paying all taxes, interest and penalties due, and otherwise comply with the tax laws of the United States.
NEW DEBT RESTRICTIONS
You are prohibited from incurring any new credit charges, opening additional lines of credit, or incurring any new monetary loan, obligation, or debt, by whatever name known, without the approval of the U.S. Probation Office. You must not encumber or liquidate interest in any assets unless it is in direct service of the fine and/or restitution obligation or otherwise has the expressed approval of the Court.
SELF-EMPLOYMENT/BUSINESS DISCLOSURE
You must cooperate with the U.S. Probation Office in the investigation and approval of any position of self employment, including any independent, entrepreneurial, or freelance employment or business activity. If approved for self-employment, you must provide the U.S. Probation Office with full disclosure of your self-employment and other business records, including, but not limited to, all of the records identified in the Probation Form 48F (Request for Self Employment Records), or as otherwise requested by the U.S. Probation Office.
STANDARD CONDITIONS OF SUPERVISION
As part of your supervised release, you must comply with the following standard conditions of supervision. These conditions are imposed because they establish the basic expectations for your behavior while on supervision and identify the minimum tools needed by probation officers to keep informed, report to the court about, and bring about improvements in your conduct and condition.
1) You must report to the probation office in the federal judicial district where you are authorized to reside within 72 hours of your release from imprisonment, unless the probation officer instructs you to report to a different probation office or within a different time frame.
2) After initially reporting to the probation office, you will receive instructions from the court or the probation officer about how and when you must report to the probation officer, and you must report to the probation officer as instructed.
3) You must not knowingly leave the federal judicial district where you are authorized to reside without first getting permission from the court or the probation officer.
4) You must answer truthfully the questions asked by your probation officer.
5) You must live at a place approved by the probation officer. If you plan to change where you live or anything about your living arrangements (such as the people you live with), you must notify the probation officer at least 10 days before the change. If notifying the probation officer in advance is not possible due to unanticipated circumstances, you must notify the probation officer within 72 hours of becoming aware of a change or expected change.
6) You must allow the probation officer to visit you at any time at your home or elsewhere, and you must permit the probation officer to take any items prohibited by the conditions of your supervision that he or she observes in plain view.
7) You must work full time (at least 30 hours per week) at a lawful type of employment, unless the probation officer excuses you from doing so. If you do not have fulltime employment you must try to find full-time employment, unless the probation officer excuses you from doing so. If you plan to change where you work or anything about your work (such as your position or your job responsibilities), you must notify the probation officer at least 10 days before the change. If notifying the probation officer at least 10 days in advance is not possible due to unanticipated circumstances, you must notify the probation officer within 72 hours of becoming aware of a change or expected change.
8) You must not communicate or interact with someone you know is engaged in criminal activity. If you know someone has been convicted of a felony, you must not knowingly communicate or interact with that person without first getting the permission of the probation officer.
9) If you are arrested or questioned by a law enforcement officer, you must notify the probation officer within 72 hours.
10) You must not own, possess, or have access to a firearm, ammunition, destructive device, or dangerous weapon (i.e.. anything that was designed, or was modified for, the specific purpose of causing bodily injury or death to another person such as nunchakus or tasers).
11) You must not act or make any agreement with a law enforcement agency to act as a confidential human source or informant without first getting the permission of the court.
12) If the probation officer determines that you pose a risk to another person (including an organization), the probation officer may require you to notify the person about the risk and you must comply with that instruction. The probation officer may contact the person and confirm that you have notified the person about the risk.
STANDARD CONDITIONS OF SUPERVISION
13) You must follow the instructions of the probation officer related to the conditions of supervision.
For Official Use Only - U.S. Probation Office I
Upon a finding of a violation of probation or supervised release, I understand that the Court may (1) revoke supervision 1 or (2) extend the term of supervision and/or modify the conditions of supervision.
These conditions have been read to me. I fully understand the conditions, and have been provided a copy of them.
You shall carry out all rules, in addition to the above, as prescribed by the Chief U.S. Probation Officer, or any of his ] associate Probation Officers.
FINE
The defendant shall pay a fine of $5,000.00.
This fine, plus any interest pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3612(f)(1), is due immediately and shall be paid in full within 30 days of sentencing.
If the fine is not paid, the court may sentence the defendant to any sentence which might have been originally imposed. See 18 U.S.C. § 3614.
Unless the court has expressly ordered otherwise, if this judgment imposes imprisonment, payment of criminal monetary penalties is due during imprisonment. All criminal monetary penalties, except those payments made through the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Inmate Financial Responsibility Program, are made to the clerk of the court.
Payments shall be applied in the following order: (1) assessment, (2) restitution principal, (3) restitution interest, (4) AVAA assessment, (5) fine principal, (6) fine interest, (7) community restitution, (8) JVTA assessment, (9) penalties, and (10) costs, including cost of prosecution and court costs.