Overview
- Agnello pleaded guilty in 2024 to wire fraud tied to roughly $1.1 million in COVID-19 relief loans obtained for Crown Auto Parts & Recycling LLC.
- Prosecutors say he diverted funds for personal use, including a $420,000 cryptocurrency investment, and they are seeking about 33 to 41 months in prison.
- A defense memo asks for probation, arguing incarceration would effectively prevent him from donating a kidney to his mother and would jeopardize his post-surgery care.
- In a letter to U.S. District Judge Nusrat J. Choudhury, Victoria Gotti pleads for leniency and says her son did not knowingly do wrong and did not complete the loan application himself.
- Court papers note Agnello falsely stated he had no criminal record on loan documents, despite prior state convictions, while a transplant surgeon says donation by an incarcerated person is possible only with correctional cooperation.