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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

AT SEATTLE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v. 

BALKAR SINGH

Defendant.

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CASE NO. CR06-016-MJP

DETENTION ORDER 

Offense charged:

 Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud

Date of Detention Hearing: Initial Appearance January 30, 2006

The Court, having conducted a detention hearing pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3142(f), and

based upon the factual findings and statement of reasons for detention hereafter set forth, finds

that no condition or combination of conditions which defendant can meet will reasonably assure

the appearance of defendant as required and the safety of other persons and the community.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR DETENTION

(1) Defendant and his wife, who is a co-defendant, are charged by Indictment with

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Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud. The actions cited as overt acts in furtherance of the

conspiracy are alleged to have occurred from 2000 to 2006.

(2) Defendant made his initial appearance in this matter in the District of Oregon, and

was ordered detained as a risk of nonappearance. The case agent reports that execution of a

search warrant allegedly produced credit cards and passports with different alias names and

several genuine identification documents in names other than the defendants. The AUSA alleges

that the defendants are associated with hundreds of alias names and possess false immigration and

passport documents.

(3) The defendant was not interviewed by Pretrial Services. There is no further

information available regarding his personal history, residence, family ties, ties to this District,

employment history/financial resources, health or controlled substance use, if any.

(4) An immigration detainer has been placed. Based on this, the defendant does not

contest detention.

(5) The defendant poses a risk of nonappearance due to Indian citizenship, association

with alias names, possession of fraudulent immigration documents, lack of background

information, and immigration detainer. He poses a risk of danger due to the nature of the current

charges.

(6) There does not appear to be any condition or combination of conditions that will

reasonably assure the defendant’s appearance at future Court hearings while addressing the danger

to other persons or the community.

It is therefore ORDERED:

(1) Defendant shall be detained pending trial and committed to the custody of the

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Attorney General for confinement in a correction facility separate, to the extent

practicable, from persons awaiting or serving sentences or being held in custody

pending appeal;

(2) Defendant shall be afforded reasonable opportunity for private consultation with

counsel;

(3) On order of a court of the United States or on request of an attorney for the

Government, the person in charge of the corrections facility in which defendant is

confined shall deliver the defendant to a United States Marshal for the purpose of

an appearance in connection with a court proceeding; and

(4) The clerk shall direct copies of this Order to counsel for the United States, to

counsel for the defendant, to the United States Marshal, and to the United States

Pretrial Services Officer.

DATED this 30th day of January , 2006.

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Mary Alice Theiler

United States Magistrate Judge 

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