Case docket
United States v. Ajay Chawla and Ruhi Chawla
United States v. Ajay Chawla and Ruhi Chawla — no court filings from this case are in the archive yet; the summary is sourced to 1 document listed under Documents.
Case facts
| Record type | Criminal case |
|---|---|
| Court | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio |
Case summary
Ajay Chawla, 60, and his wife Ruhi Chawla, 50, of West Chester, Ohio, owned or were associated with four transportation companies: Prime Transportation and Logistics Inc., ABC Trucking Inc., Apex Truck Lines LLC, and A1 Diesel Truck Repair LLC. They admitted fraudulently receiving more than $900,000 in pandemic relief funds. According to court documents, the couple received four PPP loans and three Economic Injury Disaster Loans, falsely reporting the number of employees and gross revenues for the businesses on the applications.1
Ajay Chawla also submitted a false statement to the Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration about who actually owned Apex Truck Lines.1
The couple was charged by bill of information in March 2025 and pleaded guilty to wire fraud that June. Sentencing was set for a future hearing. The case was investigated by the Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General, Homeland Security Investigations, the Department of Labor Office of Inspector General, and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.1
Notes
- U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio, "Husband & wife plead guilty to wire fraud related to pandemic relief funds" (original). ↩1 ↩2 ↩3
Summary written from the documents on this page; every sentence is sourced.
Documents
1 document about this case is in the archive.
- Husband & wife plead guilty to wire fraud related to pandemic relief fundsPress release · U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio