United States v Sereika Savariau

Case Update September 10, 2024

Serika Savariau worked with others to defraud American citizens by offering debt relief services through the following websites: servgov.org, nationalcreditrelief.us, and americanbillaid.com. Victims were led to believe that they could qualify for debt relief by submitting sensitive personal identifying and financial information to those websites, including photocopies of government-issue identification and accounts numbers and balance information related to their creditors. Applicants were also required to pay a processing fee, approximately 14% of the requested debt relief, to cover supposed overhead costs. Once defendant Savariau and other conspirators received the sensitive personal and financial information, they initiated payments to the victim’s creditors using non-existence accounts. Victims were deceived into thinking these payments were genuine, but they were later reversed by the bank and often resulted in additional fees to the victim for failed payments. Conspirators instructed victims to pay processing fees through Wester Union, MoneyGram, PayPal, or via bank transfers.

Sentencing is scheduled before United States District Court Judge Amit Mehta, Thursday, September 19, 2024, 2PM.

You may submit a victim impact statement at this email address  USADC.VISDistrict@usdoj.gov. Prior to September 17, 2024.