— Seeking Information for JE Consulting Victims

Contact Information:

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Business Name

Date of Birth

Year / Month / Day

Phone Number (no dashes, spaces, or parenthesis)

E-Mail Address

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State

Country

ZIP/Postal Code

Questionnaire

1. Did you have a business relationship with J&E Business Consulting, J&E Media, and/or Paul Paredes?

Yes
No

If yes, please indicate which.

2. What was the fee arrangement and time frame of services with J&E/Paredes?

3. Who was the primary point of contact with Paredes from your company?

4. Did you provide identifying documents to Paredes for his services, i.e., license, SSAN, etc.?

Yes
No

5. Did you take any loans out for the purchase of inventory, including POS systems?

Yes
No

If yes, describe in detail, including the lender and loan amount.

6. Did you ever authorize Paredes/J&E Business Consulting to take a loan out on your behalf?

Yes
No

If yes, provide the lender name and amount.

7. Did you ever become aware that loans were taken out in your company name without your authorization?

Yes
No

If yes, provide the lender name and amount.

8. Did you utilize point of sale (POS) systems for your business?

Yes
No

9. When was your most recent purchase of a POS and amount?

Date:

Year / Month / Day

Amount:

10. Did you ever have money withdrawn from your account for payment to lenders that you did not authorize?

Yes
No

If yes, please provide the aggregate amount and lender that was paid.

11. Did Paredes ever send you payments to reimburse you for the money withdrawn from your account?

Yes
No

If yes, please describe the total amount of reimbursement and method of payment.

12. Did you deal with anyone else at J&E Consulting?

Yes
No

If yes, please provide their names.

13. Do you know any other businesses/individuals that had business dealings with Paredes?

Yes
No

14. What is your loss amount as a result of unauthorized loans taken out in your business name by Paredes/J&E Business? Net loss is calculated by totaling any payments you made for unauthorized loans less any payments you received from Paredes/J&E as a reimbursement. Please provide documentation to support your loss figure by emailing the documents to JEConsultingVictim@fbi.gov with your business name in the subject line.

Loss Amount

15. Please provide any copies of communications or contracts you have relating to Paul Paredes/J & E Business Consulting by emailing them to JEConsultingVictim@fbi.gov with your business name in the subject line.

Privacy Act Statement

The FBI is authorized to collect the information on this form by one or more of the following provisions: Title 28, United States Code, sections 533 and 534; Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, section 0.85; and the Attorney General Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance. The information requested will assist the FBI in providing you with assistance to which crime victims are entitled under federal law. You do not have to provide the requested information; however, failure to do so may hinder the FBI in providing you with crime victim assistance. The information collected on this form is protected by the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, Title 5, United States Code section 552a, and is maintained in the FBI’s Central Records System, DOJ/FBI-002, a description of which was published in the Federal Register at 63 Fed. Reg. 8671 (Feb. 20, 1998) and which may be viewed at www.justice.gov/opcl/doj-systems-records#doj

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