Los Angeles ( CNN ) -- The leader of a promising rock band , Lights Over Paris , allegedly funded his `` lavish lifestyle '' of travel and a luxury bus by submitting false documents for millions of dollars in bank loans , prosecutors said Friday . Robert Brandon Mawhinney , whose stage name is Robb `` TaLLLLL '' University , has been ordered held without bond because he was deemed a flight risk by U.S. Magistrate Judge Charles F. Eick in Los Angeles , prosecutors said . Mawhinney , whose 30th birthday was Friday , travels abroad frequently and has sent hundreds of thousands of dollars to Cyprus , said spokesman Thom Mrozek of the U.S. Attorney 's Office . Mawhinney , who appeared in federal court on Thursday , was arrested earlier this month at Miami International Airport after he returned from Buenos Aires , prosecutors said . Mawhinney is charged with making a false statement in a loan application , authorities said . He allegedly applied for loans by submitting phony brokerage statements showing he had almost $ 9 million in assets , but the real statements showed less than $ 10,000 in the brokerage accounts , authorities said . His attorney was n't available for comment Friday . A Comerica loan officer and her supervisor visited Mawhinney in a Burbank , California , studio to assess his creditworthiness , and Mawhinney falsely told them he owned the studio with friends Jason and Matthew Salazar , court papers said . Those two friends are brothers who owned the studio , and they were charged Thursday with conspiracy to commit loan fraud , authorities said . The brothers are planning to plead guilty , according to their attorney and prosecutors . Mawhinney told the bank representatives that he was a successful ghostwriter for various artists , the documents said . He protrayed the studio as a side business and said his real passion was writing music , court papers said . Mawhinney needed the loan for equipment purchases and finishing the recording room in his studio , court documents said . The bank representatives told him they would need his tax returns and financial statements , court papers said . Mawhinney is accused of falsely stating he had $ 9 million in a Charles Schwab savings/brokerage account in May 2010 , court papers said . `` At the center of this case are the false documents ( such as the Charles Schwab brokerage statements ) that the defendant gave to the banks to frustrate their efforts to verify that he was credit-worthy , that there was sufficient collateral for the loans , '' Assistant U.S. Attorney Ranee A. Katzenstein told CNN in an e-mail . In August 2011 , Mawhinney left a voice mail for the bank loan officer saying he would take care of his outstanding loan payments , but he was in a lot of pain and on heavy medication after having been in a car accident , court papers said . Mawhinney 's tax returns showed a Culver City , California , certified public accountant as having prepared the returns , but the CPA told authorities he never heard of Mawhinney , court papers said . Lights Over Paris was deemed an up-and-coming band by Billboard.com in August 2010 , when it ranked its `` Turn Off the Lights '' album at No . 6 on the `` heatseekers albums '' chart , which is composed of top-selling albums by new or developing acts . The band describes itself on its website as `` a mix of melodic rock hooks with pulsating dance rhythms and a taste of hip hop . '' `` Their headlining 52-city 'Turn Off The Lights ' tour electrified audiences and inspired new fans with their unrivaled style and eclectic approach , '' the band 's website says . Mawhinney allegedly obtained four loans amounting to $ 6.25 million from Comerica Bank and then defaulted , prosecutors said . The bank lost about $ 6 million , authorities said . JP Morgan Chase , Zions Bank and Bank of America also lost money on loans to Mawhinney , prosecutors said . Mawhinney used the loans `` to pay for travel , entertainment and a luxury tour bus that cost well over $ 750,000 , '' the prosecutor 's office said . If convicted , Mawhinney faces up to 30 years in prison . He will be arraigned February 11 . He lives in the luxury WaterMarke Tower in downtown Los Angeles , authorities said . In the related case involving Mawhinney 's two associates , Matthew Salazar , 29 , of Valley Village , California , and his brother , Jason Salazar , 28 , who has California addresses in Grover Beach and Fresno , have agreed to plead guilty , authorities said . The brothers own Matt Salazar Recording Productions of Burbank , California , and are part owners of LA Sound Gallery , also in Burbank , authorities said . `` They admitted in court documents that they provided false documents to Bank of America , Greystone Bank and Huntington National Bank to obtain about $ 1.7 million in loans for their music business , '' the prosecutor 's office said . If they plead guilty , each brother would face up to five years in federal prison , the prosecutor 's office said . Their Los Angeles attorney , Mark Werksman , said the brothers have been cooperating with federal investigators and will enter guilty pleas `` sometime in the near future . '' `` They committed these offenses at the direction of Mr. Mawhinney , '' Werksman said .
NEW : Band leader tells bank loan officers he was a successful newspaper ghostwriter . NEW : Two brothers who were his associates will be guilty , their attorney says . Band leader is ' Brandon Mawhinney , who goes by the ` ` TaLLLLL '' University . He 's accused of falsifying loan applications to get bank loans to live a ` ` lavish '' life .