UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 

CASE NO. 22-20194-CR-MARTINEZ 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

v. 

WILLIAN ALEXANDER POSADA SANDREA, 

 Defendant. 

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CASE NO. 22-20420-CR-MARTINEZ 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

v. 

ARMANDO ARIEL DE LEON, 

 Defendant. 

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CASE NO. 22-20529-CR-MOORE 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

v. 

DANIEL HERNANDEZ, 

 Defendant. 

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NOTICE OF RELATED AND SIMILAR ACTIONS 

AND UNOPPOSED MOTION TO TRANSFER CASE 

 The United States of America (the “United States”), pursuant to Local Rule 3.8 and the 

Court’s Internal Operating Procedures, Section 2.15.00, hereby notifies the Court of the 

following related and similar matters currently pending before the Court: 

 United States v. Willian Alexander Posada Sandrea, 22-20194-CR-Martinez; 

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 United States v. Armando Ariel De Leon, 22-20420-CR-Martinez; and 

 United States v. Daniel Hernandez, 22-20529-CR-Moore (collectively, the 

“Related and Similar Cases”).1

 The Related and Similar Cases stem from the same conspiracy and fraud scheme 

involving COVID-19 relief and Daniel Hernandez, a former regional manager at Bank 1. 

 Further, the United States moves unopposed to transfer United States v. Hernandez, 22-

20529-CR-Moore, to Hon. Jose E. Martinez, who currently presides over the other two Related 

and Similar Cases: United States v. Willian Alexander Posada Sandrea, 22-20194-CR, and 

United States v. Armando Ariel De Leon, 22-20420-CR. Defendant Daniel Hernandez does not 

oppose or otherwise object to the transfer. 

 As the Information in United States v. Daniel Hernandez alleges, and the Factual Proffer 

in United States v. Armando Ariel De Leon sets forth, Daniel Hernandez, Armando Ariel De 

Leon, and others conspired to submit false and fraudulent COVID-19 relief loan applications at, 

among other lenders, Bank 1, Hernandez and De Leon’s former employer. Hernandez and De 

Leon worked closely in furtherance of the conspiracy: De Leon maintained a spreadsheet 

cataloging each of the conspiracy’s fraudulent loans and received cash commissions on behalf of 

himself and Hernandez. 

 Willian Alexander Posada Sandrea was a co-conspirator who conspired to submit over 20 

false and fraudulent loan applications through Hernandez. He has pled guilty and is scheduled to 

be sentenced before Hon. Jose E. Martinez on November 14, 2022. (22-20194-CR-Martinez, 

Dkt. No. 52.) 

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 There are two other related and similar actions pending before the Court: United States v. 

Erich Javier Alfonso Barata, 22-20487-CR-Bloom, and United States v. Melean Socorro and 

Castillo, 22-20458-CR-Gayles. Notice of the related nature of all the cases was filed on each 

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 De Leon has pled guilty and is scheduled to be sentenced before Hon. Jose E. Martinez 

on December 28, 2022. (22-20420-CR-Martinez, Dkt. No. 52.) 

 Hernandez was arraigned on November 4, 2022. (22-20529-CR-Moore, Dkt. No. 16.) 

His trial is scheduled for December 19, 2022. (22-20529-CR-Moore, Dkt. No. 17.) 

 In light of the fact that the defendants participated in the same conspiracy, the subject 

matter of the Posada Sandrea and De Leon prosecutions forms “a material part of the subject 

matter” of the Hernandez prosecution. SDFL Internal Operating Procedures 2.15.00. Keeping 

the cases before two separate Judges “would appear to entail the unnecessary duplication of 

judicial labor.” Id. Consequently, the United States, without objection from Defendant Daniel 

Hernandez, moves to transfer 22-20529-CR-Moore to Hon. Jose E. Martinez. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

 

JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZ 

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 

By: /s/ Eli S. Rubin 

Eli S. Rubin 

Assistant United States Attorney 

Court ID No. A5503535 

99 N.E. 4th Street 

Miami, Florida 33132 

(305) 961-9247 

Email: Eli.Rubin@usdoj.gov 

docket on October 12, 2022. 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on November 10, 2022, I electronically filed the foregoing with 

the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF. 

 /s/ Eli S. Rubin 

 Eli S. Rubin 

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