Overview
- Diehl pleaded guilty to wire fraud after obtaining about $379,900 through an SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan and a later modification.
- Prosecutors detailed spending on Tesla, Audi and Jeep payments, a home mortgage, country club dues, pool maintenance, cash withdrawals and a civil settlement.
- About $200,000 went into his law firm’s defined benefit plan in which he was the sole participant, according to court filings.
- U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk also imposed a $50,000 fine, and the court will allow Diehl to report to prison at a later date.
- The U.S. attorney’s office sought 21 to 27 months as defense lawyers asked for no prison based on repayment, and his prior 2015 resignation and a 2023 ethics fine formed part of the case’s backdrop.