Legal Proceedings
As of Friday, no criminal charges had been filed against Dean or his company, but the forfeiture action seeks to seize millions in assets believed to have been obtained through fraud.
The federal government is represented by Benjamin Bain-Creed of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina.
Counsel for Dean and Cedric Dean Holdings had not been identified as of Friday.
The case is United States of America v. All Funds Seized from Wells Fargo Account XXXXXX3167 et al., Case No. 3:25-cv-00804, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
