BRYAN SCHRODER

United States Attorney

ADAM ALEXANDER
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse
222 West Seventh Avenue, #9, Room 253
Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7567
Phone: (907) 271-5071
Fax: (907) 271-1500
Email: adam.alexander@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiff

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) No.

)
Plaintiff, ) COUNT 1:
) CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT
vs. ) WIRE FRAUD
) Vio. of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1343
DMITRY KUDRYN, )
) COUNT 2:
Defendant. ) WIRE FRAUD
) Vio. of 18 U.S.C. § 1343
)
)

INDICTMENT

The Grand Jury charges that:

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 COUNT 1

CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD

1. Beginning on a specific date unknown to the grand jury, but

within the month of July 2014, and continuing to the present date, in the

District of Alaska and elsewhere, the defendant DMITRY KUDRYN, along

with other uncharged co-conspirators, did knowingly and unlawfully combine,

conspire, confederate, and agree together to commit the following violation

against the United States, to wit: fraud by wire, in violation of Title 18,

United States Code, Section 1343.

OBJECT OF THE CONSPIRACY

2. It was the object of the conspiracy that the defendant, DMITRY

KUDRYN, along with other uncharged co-conspirators, sought to obtain

money by materially false or fraudulent pretenses, representations or

promises, to wit, participating in a scheme to defraud various individuals in

the District of Alaska by importing no less than $300,000 worth of furniture

manufactured by the DUOXIEYI SOFA COMPANY in the People’s Republic

of China and then falsely and fraudulently offering and advertising the

furniture for retail sale on the Craigslist.com platform in Alaska as having

been manufactured in Italy.

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 MANNER OF THE CONSPIRACY

3. This is a scheme to defraud consumers in Alaska by falsely

representing furniture manufactured in China as having been manufactured

in Italy. During the course of the conspiracy, DMITRY KUDRYN, along with

other uncharged co-conspirators purchased at least $300,000 worth of

wholesale furniture from the DUOXIEYI SOFA COMPANY in Fashon,

China, facilitated by wire communications made by KUDRYN from his cell

phone number (907) 841-xxxx and email address xxxxxxxx@wireovia.com,

and the use of the internet marketplace Craiglist.com.

4. KUDRYN and his uncharged co-conspirators would then offer

that same furniture for sale in Alaska, primarily by means of wire

communications facilitated by the Craigslist.com internet marketplace, his

cellphone (907) 841-xxxx, and email address xxxxxxxx@wireovia.com. Those

Craigslist advertisements for retail sale would represent the furniture

purchased from and manufactured by the DUOXIEYI SOFA COMPANY in

the People’s Republic of China as having been manufactured in Italy.

KUDRYN would also materially mislead consumers by representing that the

furniture purchased in bulk and delivered to his commercial property in

Wasilla, Alaska were leftover samples, and that the furniture was being

offered at a discounted price.

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 OVERT ACTS

5. DMITRY KUDRYN, along with other un-charged co-conspirators,

would engage in conduct including but not limited to the following overt acts

in furtherance of the conspiracy to commit wire fraud between July 2014 and

March 2018:

- Purchasing in excess of $300,000 dollars’ worth of furniture by means

of wire communications to the DUOXIEYI SOFA company in Foshan,

China, in at least 12 separate lots, between July 2014, and March 2018,

with each unit purchased from DUOXIEYI SOFA costing KUDRYN

approximately $1050.

- Shipping the furniture purchased from the DUOXIEYI SOFA company

from Foshan, China through various United States Customs ports of

entry to his warehouse in Wasilla, Alaska.

- Advertising the furniture purchased from the DUOXIEYI SOFA

company for retail sale in Alaska at his Wasilla warehouse by means of

wire communications by and through the Craigslist.com internet

marketplace.

- Fraudulently representing in Cragislist.com advertisements (“posts”)

that the furniture manufactured in China was “Italian leather

furniture.”

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- Fraudulently representing in the Craigslist.com advertisements that

each furniture unit was worth $4800 “shipped from the lower 48”

- Fraudulently representing in the Craigslist.com advertisements that

the furniture advertised for sale were “seconds” or leftover furniture

from staging in new home construction.

- Arranging for the retail sale of the furniture to private individuals in

Alaska for approximately $2400 per unit based on the fraudulent,

material misrepresentations made by means of wire communications

using instrumentalities of interstate commerce including but not

limited to the Craigslist.com internet platform; the cell phone number

(907) 841-xxxx and the email address xxxxxxxx@wireovia.com.

All of which is in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1343

COUNT 2

The Grand Jury adopts all of the allegations contained within Count 1

of this Indictment into this count.

Beginning on or about July 2014 and continuing to the present date,

the defendant, DMITRY KUDRYN, in the District of Alaska and elsewhere,

did with the intent to defraud, or to obtain money by means of false or

fraudulent pretenses, caused writings, signs, and signals, to be transmitted

in interstate commerce by means of wire communications, to wit emails and

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electronic advertisements, including but not limited to those made using the

telephone number (907) 841-xxxx, the email address xxxxxxxx@wireovia.com

and advertisements and communications made using the Craigslist.com

internet marketplace platform, all made for the purpose of executing the

scheme to defraud and fraudulently represent that furniture offered for sale

on Craigslist.com internet marketplace platform had been manufactured in

Italy when in truth and fact the furniture offered for sale on Craigslist.com

internet marketplace platform had been manufactured in China.

All of which is in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343.

A TRUE BILL.

_s/ Grand Jury Foreperson

GRAND JURY FOREPERSON

s/ Adam Alexander
ADAM ALEXANDER
United States of America
Assistant U.S. Attorney

s/ Bryan Schroder
BRYAN SCHRODER
United States of America
United States Attorney

DATE: 5/15/18

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