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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA
WESTERN DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,

CR 18-CR-50160
FACTUAL BASIS STATEMENT

vs.

ROBIN LIANNE WALLACH,

Defendant.

The Defendant states the following facts are true, and the parties agree
they establish a factual basis for the offense to which the Defendant is pleading
guilty pursuant to Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 1 l(b)(3):
Beginning on or about November 2017, and continuing until on or about
November 2018, the defendant, Robin Lianne Wallach, along with at least one
other person, reached an agreement or came to an understanding to distribute
a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine in the District of South
Dakota and elsewhere.
The defendant voluntarily and intentionally joined in the agreement or
understanding to distribute methamphetamine.

Methamphetamine is a

Schedule II controlled substance. At the time the defendant joined in the
agreement or understanding to distribute methamphetamine, the defendant
knew the purpose of the agreement or understanding.

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During Robin Lianne Wallach's involvement in the conspiracy, she rented
vehicles from the Rapid City area for her husband, Michael Carey, so that Carey
could travel to California to obtain multiple pounds of methamphetamine. Carey
would then travel, on multiple occasions between November 2017 and November
2018, to California to obtain the methamphetamine.

On several occasions,

Wallach would travel with Carey on the trips to obtain the methamphetamine .
The methamphetamine was distributed primarily out of Wallach's and Carey's
home, and she knew some of the methamphetamine they sold would be further
distributed. It was reasonably foreseeable that at least 15 kilograms would be
distributed during the course of the conspiracy.
On November 1, 2018, Michael Carey was returning home from California
in a rental vehicle, which was rented by Wallach for Carey. Carey was stopped
by the South Dakota Highway Patrol and approximately 10 pounds of
methamphetamine was found in the vehicle.
The parties submit that the foregoing statement of facts is not intended to
be a complete description of the offense or the defendant's involvement in
it. Instead, the statement is offered for the limited purpose of satisfying the
.requirements of Fed. R. Crim. P. 1 l(b)(3). The parties understand that additional
information relevant to sentencing may be developed and attributed to the
Defendant for sentencing purposes.

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RONALD A. PARSONS, Jr.
United States Attorney

2-24-20
Date
A istant United States Attorney
15 9th Street #201
Rapid City, SD 57701
Telephone: (605)342-7822
Facsimile: (605)342-1108
E-Mail: Gina.Nelson@usdoj.gov

Date

Ro bin Lianne Wallach
Defendant

Date

aul Eisenbraun
Attorney for Defendant

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